resolutely

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈrɛzəlutli/ UK /ˈrɛzəluːtli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a firm and determined manner

She resolutely refused to abandon the project.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a firm and determined... firmly steadfastly determinedly decisively unwaveringly staunchly purposefully

Opposites

irresolutely hesitantlywaveringlyindecisively

Word family

Related forms resolute resolve resolution absolute solve

Etymology

From resolute + -ly, from Latin resolutus, past participle of resolvere ('to loosen, settle'), from re- (intensive) + solvere ('to loosen, release').

resolvere Latin solvere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# resolutely

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɛzəlutli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈrɛzəluːtli/

## Meanings
1. in a firm and determined manner

## Examples
- She resolutely refused to abandon the project.

## Synonyms
- firmly
- steadfastly
- determinedly
- decisively
- unwaveringly
- staunchly
- purposefully

## Antonyms
- irresolutely
- hesitantly
- waveringly
- indecisively

## Related Forms
- resolute
- resolve
- resolution
- absolute
- solve

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: resolvere
- Root: solvere

## Etymology
From resolute + -ly, from Latin resolutus, past participle of resolvere ('to loosen, settle'), from re- (intensive) + solvere ('to loosen, release').

## AI Etymology
Resolutely comes from resolute + -ly, from Latin resolutus, past participle of resolvere ('to loosen, settle'), from re- (intensive) + solvere ('to loosen, release'). The historical chain includes Latin resolvere and Latin solvere. The quoted older senses, "to loosen, settle" and "to loosen, release", supply the semantic anchors for resolutely. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, participial, and borrowed: the word resolutely carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adv, "in a firm and determined manner". Related English forms include resolute, resolve, resolution, absolute, and solve. The result is a adv whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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