resolutely

[rez-uh-loot-lee, rez-uh-loot-]

adverb

1. in a determined or firm manner.

   After more than 120 days on strike, the union continues to resolutely reject management’s demands for reductions in the workers' collective bargaining agreement and pension plan.

Other Word Forms

• overresolutely adverb
• semiresolutely adverb
• unresolutely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of resolutely¹

resolute ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

And the visitors defended resolutely for large periods as Newcastle struggled to fire.

From BBC

Speaking at First Minister's Questions, Swinney said: "Antisemitism is an evil we must confront and stand resolutely against, and I know the whole chamber speaks with one voice on this important question."

From BBC

Despite this catalog of current and easily predictable future horrors, America resolutely keeps up a façade of normality.

From Salon

Though the group remained resolutely neutral during the civil war, after Assad fled, gunmen affiliated with the new authorities confiscated the group’s weaponry and training camps.

From Los Angeles Times

Brooks and Gordon carefully tiptoe the line between stereotype and commentary, creating a tension for the audience that holds us until the film resolutely jumps toward the latter side.

From Salon

Related Words

• bravely www.thesaurus.com
• decisively 
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