resolutely

UK/ˈɹɛz.əˌl(j)uːtli/US/ˈɹɛz.əˌlutli/

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Resolutely means in a way that shows firm determination. Resolutely opposed, resolutely cheerful, refused resolutely.

Resolutely cheerful is the most interesting use, since it describes cheerfulness kept up on purpose against the odds. Elsewhere it marks a position held without wavering.

Definitions of resolutely

1adverbresolutelyIn a way that shows firm determination.C1
“She resolutely refused to give up, even when the doctors had lost hope.”

resolutely is a manner.

Where it comes from

From resolute + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

resolutely in the wild

Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted.
Legend
Albion defended resolutely to see out the game with a clean-sheet and return with the cup to their Stoney Lane home.
1892 FA Cup final
Belonging to Pays Bigouden, within the former political and religious region of Cornouaille, its territory of 31 km2 has a resolutely rural character.
Plogastel-Saint-Germain
And she screamed when the sound engineer very resolutely imitated a shot at a seagull.
The Seagull (ballet)
Marcus Whitman striding resolutely into the future, holding a Bible in one hand and saddlebags and a scroll in the other hand.
Statue of Marcus Whitman

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