adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a binding manner; so as to be obligatory.

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1832.  Cheltenham Chron., 9 Feb., 2/1. Though the words are matters of course, the pledge appears to have been more bindingly given by the English than the French form of ratification.

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1851.  G. S. Faber, Many Mansions (ed. 2), 10. With the Church of England, I maintain: nothing is, bindingly, to be received and believed as an Article of Faith, unless [etc.].

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