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resolvedly en · ADV

Etymology

From resolved + -ly.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly.
   • Of that, and all the progress, more or less, Resolvedly more leisure shall express. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
2. (obsolete) resolutely; decidedly; firmly.
   • Look, as we groundedly conclude, that such men are under the reign and dominion of that King, that they readily, resolvedly and habitually take up arms[…] 1669, Thomas Brooks, A Cabinet of Choice Jewels:

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