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Definitions: Resolutely |
ResolutelyAdverb1. Showing firm determination or purpose; "she resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him"; "he entered the building resolutely". 2. With firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "resolutely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: ResolutelySynonym: decisively (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: indecisively (adv), irresolutely (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Resolution | Adverb: resolutely; Adjective: in earnest, in good earnest; seriously, joking apart, earnestly, heart and soul; on one's mettle; manfully, like a man, with a high hand; with a strong hand; (exertion). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Resolutely |
| English words defined with "resolutely": Determinately ♦ Hardily ♦ Resolvedly ♦ To grapple with ♦ undaunted. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "resolutely": BACCHUS. (references) |
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 | The Patriotic and righteous struggle of the South Vietnamese peoples in opposing the American-Diem block has resulted in both political and military victory. We Chinese resolutely support the South Vietnamese people's righteous struggle.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Resolutely support the struggle of the African people against colonialism and racial discrimination : irresistible historical trend : countries want independence, nations want liberation, the people want revolution.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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John Ruskin | Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it. |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But Bruno answered resolutely. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He resolutely entered that obscurity. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | On every side they were engaged in deadly combat, yet without any noise that I could hear, and human soldiers never fought so resolutely. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Korea | The large established firms, which have a virtual monopoly on lucrative international transactions, resolutely oppose opening to foreign competition, which may drive legal fees down and provide more choices for Korean and foreign consumers. (references) |
Political Economy | Romania | Nevertheless, at considerable economic and political cost, the government resolutely supported NATO actions in Kosovo. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BACCHUS, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Is public worship, then, a sin, That for devotions paid to Bacchus The lictors dare to run us in, And resolutely thump and whack us? Jorace |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | To play our part, we must not only resolutely carry out the foreign policies we have adopted but also follow a domestic policy which will maintain full production and employment in the United States. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | The community of nations has resolutely gathered to condemn and repel lawless aggression. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We must embrace boldly and resolutely that duty to lead--to stand with our allies in word and deed and to put a human face on the global economy, so that expanded trade benefits all peoples in all nations, lifting lives and hopes all across the world. |
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| "Resolutely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Resolutely" is used about 277 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 277 | 17,585 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "resolutely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vendosmërisht (decidedly, firmly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 刚毅地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | entschlossen (decisive, determined, determinedly, deterministic, energetic, purposeful, purposefully, resolute, resolved, set, unfaltering, unflinching), entschieden (accomplished, authoritatively, crisp, decided, decidedly, decisive, definitely, determined, distinct, emphatic, emphatically, firm, peremptorily, peremptory, resolute, staunch, uncompromising, utter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποφασισμένα (determinedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | határozottan (authoritatively, crisply, decidedly, decisively, deliberately, distinctly, emphatically, explicitly, firmly, markedly, strenuously, sturdily), eltökélten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | decisamente (blankly, clearly, decidedly, definitely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 思い切って , 決然 (decisively), 一思いに (instantly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おもいきって (boldly, daringly), ひとおもいに (instantly), けつぜ" (decisively, shale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 단호하게 (Emphatically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esolutelyray bãrbãteşte (bravely, manfully, mannishly), în mod hotãrât. (various references) tereddüdsüz (unfaltering, unhesitating, without hesitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | constanter, prompte. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "resolutely": irresolutely. (additional references) | |
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"Resolutely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: resolutly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "resolutely" (pronounced re"zuluw'tlē) |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-l-o-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: elytrous, outyells, resolute, solleret, trolleys, urostyle. | |
-3 letters: elusory, erosely, outsell, outyell, restyle, retells, roselle, sellout, soleret, tellers, tersely, tollers, toluyls, trolley, tuyeres, yellers. | |
-4 letters: elutes, luster, lustre, ostler, ouster, outers, outsee, oyster, relets, resell, resole, result, retell, retuse, routes, rustle, seller, sleety, solely, solute, sorely, sourly, souter, steely, stereo, sterol, storey, stoure, stoury. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-l-o-r-s-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: irresolutely, trolleybuses. | |
+3 letters: deleteriously, trolleybusses, troublesomely. | |
+4 letters: heterologously, heterophyllous, heterosexually. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 6F 6C 75 74 65 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... --- .-.. ..- - . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01101111 01101100 01110101 01110100 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s o l u t e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 006F 006C 0075 0074 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718581788786717891 |
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