adv. Obs. [f. prec. + -LY2. Cf. L. assevērānter.] By way of asseveration.

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c. 1555.  Harpsfield, Divorce Hen. VIII. (1878), 122. Not spoken asseverantly but opinionatively, and by the way of allegation.

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1600.  Abp. Abbot, Exp. Jonah, 562. To speak an untruth voluntarily and asseverantly, had been a shameful thing.

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