resolutely
advUS /ˈɹɛz.əˌlutli/ · UK /ˈɹɛz.əˌl(j)uːtli/
Etymology From resolute + -ly.
1
In a determined, unyielding manner.
- Dorcas, faithful to her “young gentlemen,” denied strenuously that it could have been John’s voice she heard, and resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr. Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 154:
- It was applied methodically, carefully, resolutely, as in the fashion of a Satin-bird with charcoal, desiccated wood or blue from laundry-bags.1948, Alec H. Chisholm, Bird Wonders of Australia, page 13:
2 more examples
- Long before Shap platform showed up around a corner and the two arms on the gradient post drooped in both directions at once, Duchess of Buccleuch's amiable throbbing purr at the stack [funnel, chimney] had become a fierce freight-engine bark, as she resolutely dragged at her enormous load.1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:
- It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
- Synonyms
- determinedly, willfully, with a will