Undoubtingly

adv. [UN-¹ 11; cf. prec.]

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1. Without harboring any doubts; unhesitatingly; with confidence.

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c. 1400. Sc. Trojan War, II. 788. He lay befor þe gret altere … Wndoutandly [L. indubitanter] þe dede bydand.

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1742. Richardson, Pamela, IV. 337. I … shall then be able to let you know all my Sentiments … more undoubtingly, as I shall be more improv’d by Years.

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1802. Mrs. E. Parsons, Myst. Visit, II. 9. Neither did she consign him over undoubtingly to guilt and shame.

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1882. H. S. Holland, Logic & Life, iv. 62. We know undoubtingly what good is, and what evil is.

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† 2. Sc. Undoubtedly. Obs.^–1

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1552. Abp. Hamilton, Catech. (1884), 64. Undoutandly the abhominabil abusioun of the name of God … bringis apon vs the vengeance of God.

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