Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an undoubting manner; without doubting; certainly.
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- adverb Without
doubting .
Etymologies
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Examples
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What the father, the brother, the doctor and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly.
The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010
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Some slight marks of distinction had escaped from her, notwithstanding her own jealous vigilance, else how could Sir Kenneth have so readily and so undoubtingly recognized the lovely hand, of which scarce two fingers were visible from under the veil, or how could he have rested so thoroughly assured that two flowers, successively dropped on the spot, were intended as a recognition on the part of his lady-love?
The Talisman 2008
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There is a class of persons (happily not quite so numerous as formerly) who think it enough if a person assents undoubtingly to what they think true, though he has no knowledge whatever of the grounds of the opinion, and could not make a tenable defence of it against the most superficial objections.
On Liberty 2002
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And I believe them, as undoubtingly as I believe some others, when they say that Law is dry.
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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I hope and pray that the chastenings of our blessed Lord, in depriving us of our worldly possessions, may be sanctified to us, and lead us, more earnestly and undoubtingly, to seek for possessions in that Kingdom where all is joy, and peace, and love.
A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless
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Kauravya, what he adviseth must be followed undoubtingly, for if what he recommendeth is not done, the sage will curse thy son in anger. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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I had received the soul's highest and clearest intuition as a direct revelation from the Divine, and I relied upon it as such implicitly, undoubtingly.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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But because we are so sure that "it is the memory that the soldier leaves after him, like the long trail of light that follows the sunken sun," and because so often oral tradition is less misleading than the written word, we gladly and undoubtingly give Roland high place in the
A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang
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He could undoubtedly -- and we undoubtingly believe he did -- do this with scrupulous honesty.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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The last words she addressed to her tenderly beloved husband were: "All is well:" and again, shortly before the final close: "My foundation is on the Rock;" that Rock, we undoubtingly believe, which "no tempest overthrows."
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