determinately


de·ter·mi·nate

D0170600 (dĭ-tûr′mə-nĭt)adj.1. Precisely limited or defined; definite: a determinate number; a determinate distance.2. Conclusively settled; final.3. Firm in purpose; resolute.4. Botany a. Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower: a determinate inflorescence.b. Not continuing indefinitely at the tip of an axis: determinate growth.
[Middle English, from Latin dēterminātus, past participle of dētermināre, to determine; see determine.]
de·ter′mi·nate·ly adv.de·ter′mi·nate·ness n.