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Webster 1913 Edition


Determinately

De-ter′mi-nate-ly

,
adv.
1.
In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.
The principles of religion are already either
determinately
true or false, before you think of them.
Tillotson.
2.
Resolutely; unchangeably.
Being
determinately
. . . bent to marry.
Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1828 Edition


Determinately

DETERMINATELY

,
adv.
1.
With certainty.
The principles of religion are determinately true or false.
2.
Resolutely; with fixed resolve. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024


determinately

determinately

English

Adverb

determinately (comparative more determinately, superlative most determinately)

  1. In a way that is determinate
    • 2007 August 15, Wayne A. Davis, “Replies to Green, Szabó, Jeshion, and Siebel”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 137, number 3, DOI:10.1007/s11098-007-9128-6:
      If ‘aardvark lover’ has that syntactic structure, then it determinately means “lover of aardvarks.

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