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Resolutely (adv) means In a firm and determined way, without giving up.

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In a firm and determined way, without giving up.

"It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range." — Jon Smith, Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea (2011)

"Dorcas, faithful to her “young gentlemen,” denied strenuously that it could have been John’s voice she heard, and resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr. Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress." — Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)

"It was applied methodically, carefully, resolutely, as in the fashion of a Satin-bird with charcoal, desiccated wood or blue from laundry-bags." — Alec H. Chisholm, Bird Wonders of Australia (1948)

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