unconditionally
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of unconditionally
Explanation
Do something unconditionally and you do it with absolutely no exceptions or reservations. If you love your cat unconditionally, then you love her even when she ignores you or makes a mess. The adverb unconditionally is all about conditions — requirements or stipulations. When things are done unconditionally, there are no conditions at all. If you know your grandmother adores you unconditionally, you're certain she'd never stop loving you, no matter what.
Example Sentences
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Also in 2013, Katy Perry dressing as a geisha for her performance of Unconditionally at the American Music Awards caused outrage for appropriation of Japanese culture.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023
The mock contract people signed upon joining the collective had only one condition: “Be Unconditionally Awesome.”
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2018
In an ideal world, Chomsky would have appeared on the same panel with Sophia the Unconditionally Loving Robot.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018
The activists stood in line like regular customers, but when they approached the counter, they unfurled a banner that took direct aim at Chipotle’s rhetoric: “Responsibly Raised? Unconditionally Loved? Brutally Murdered,” it read.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2014
Unconditionally, as I ever recognised his great talents, much as I encouraged him in his first artistic attempts, I decidedly objected to the line he struck out later in Italy.
From Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes by Werner, E.
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