unanimously
Americanadverb
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Etymology
Origin of unanimously
Explanation
If a group decides something unanimously, it means that every single member is in agreement. A vote passed unanimously has no one objecting to it. When Congress passes a bill unanimously, each member agrees that it should become a law. Things that are done or agreed on unanimously have no dissenters, no one arguing against them — it's as if the group were thinking as a single entity. In fact, the root of unanimously is the Latin unanimus, "of one mind," from unus, "one," and animus, "mind."
Vocabulary lists containing unanimously
Example Sentences
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Unanimously, the group agreed it was the latter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2018
Unanimously, the physicians I spoke with stressed the unique value of the doctor-patient relationship.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2017
North Korean Checkers: Unanimously considered by far the greatest game of all time!
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2016
Unanimously, the Court held segregation by race in public education to be invalid.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
It was an anxious moment until he looked up and said with a hysterical quiver in his voice: "Unanimously green."
From The Cruise of the Kawa by Chappell, George S. (George Shepard)
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