determinedly

determinedly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English determined
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English determinedly

    From determined + -ly.

    Adverb

    determinedly (comparative more determinedly, superlative most determinedly)

    1. In a determined manner.
      • 1982 February 6, Lester Strong, “A World Cast Adrift”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 13:
        where closeness, when it does manage to show itself, usually falls victim to outside forces that seem determinedly hostile to any manifestation of happiness.

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