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US
/dəˈtɝməndɫi, dəˈtɝmənədɫi/
]
[ UK /dɪtˈɜːmɪnˌɪdli/ ]
[ UK /dɪtˈɜːmɪnˌɪdli/ ]
ADVERB
-
with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
she pursued her goals ambitiously -
with determination; in a determined manner
he clung to the past determinedly
How To Use determinedly In A Sentence
- Laurie Ebert is one of a very small number of financial planners who - while charging a commission - says he is determinedly non-aligned.
- His face was deeply lined and waxen, his jaw set determinedly.
- They were walking determinedly, but in the darkness, she could not distinguish their faces.
- This is one of the reasons why I believe, in common with legislators in most other Western countries, that we need to be determinedly looking at alternative fuels, both extenders and new fuels and that includes biofuels.
- By contrast, the ranks of subjects whom Andy represented, like himself, occluded and determinedly not smiling, is equally revealing, as if to conjure not so much by passive aggression as by vaguely sexualized sullenness, even vacancy, the dominant mood of international fame in the 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Archive 2009-01-01
- To Limerick's eternal credit they battled bravely, determinedly, and doggedly to the very end.
- But his determinedly idiosyncratic approach was evident quite early on. Times, Sunday Times
- An Gaeltacht came out of traps like a good greyhound, took the game doggedly and determinedly to the leaders, and had them reeling as they attempted to hold the Western champions at bay.
- It was at the same time a highly polished and determinedly casual affair. Times, Sunday Times
- The novel is full of vignettes that hint at possibilities left determinedly unexplored.