as in hard
with great effort or determination
resolutely championed the unpopular causes for most of his political career
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Recent Examples of resolutely
Such fallacies are utterly unacceptable anywhere…The Chinese military will continue to take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and security, and firmly uphold regional peace and stability.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The Post has resolutely revealed such entanglements to readers of news coverage or commentary in the past, whether the Graham family's holdings, which included the Stanley Kaplan educational company and Slate magazine, or, since 2013, those of Bezos, who founded Amazon and Blue Origin.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
The eponymous coffee table marks the 20th anniversary of his resolutely independent fashion house.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
After Johnson gave his answer to that resolutely dumb question, several other luminaries took a whack at the zeitgeist piñata.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Knox says that this scene ended up in the script after several discussions with Steinberg about making sure the story resolutely focused on the idea that humanity is all about change and growth.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The show was also filmed in color at a time when British TV was resolutely black-and-white, meaning that fans had to imagine the vibrant green, orange, and yellow color schemes of Thunderbirds 2, 3, and 4, respectively, for themselves.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
At the center stands a bronze Caryatid by Louis Félix Chabaud, a classical guardian presiding over a resolutely modern space and anchoring the atrium from below.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The Post has resolutely revealed such entanglements to readers of news coverage or commentary in the past, whether the Graham family's holdings, which included the Stanley Kaplan educational company and Slate magazine, or, since 2013, those of Bezos, who founded Amazon and Blue Origin.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
The eponymous coffee table marks the 20th anniversary of his resolutely independent fashion house.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
After Johnson gave his answer to that resolutely dumb question, several other luminaries took a whack at the zeitgeist piñata.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Knox says that this scene ended up in the script after several discussions with Steinberg about making sure the story resolutely focused on the idea that humanity is all about change and growth.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The show was also filmed in color at a time when British TV was resolutely black-and-white, meaning that fans had to imagine the vibrant green, orange, and yellow color schemes of Thunderbirds 2, 3, and 4, respectively, for themselves.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
At the center stands a bronze Caryatid by Louis Félix Chabaud, a classical guardian presiding over a resolutely modern space and anchoring the atrium from below.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resolutely
Adverb
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There’s nobody who works harder than Cristobal.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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And even harder, the task ahead for that leader.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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For long-haul trips, consider the Southern Hemisphere for a jolt of vitamin D in a rugged, determinedly uncommercial spot, or take a dip in a memorable, albeit temporary, Japanese onsen.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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Two years on from the attacks, October 7 is an opportunity to recognize that authoritarianism is no longer creeping onward but rather marching determinedly.—
Aviva Klompas,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The top four appropriators, Cole, Collins, House ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-MA), and Senate ranking member Patty Murray (D-WA), have to diligently work together in an effort to achieve the tough process of passing 12 appropriations bills across the floor of both chambers.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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While many companies initially invested diligently in their AI teams and development, the technology has sometimes led to those exact roles being deemed unnecessary.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Though the talk was of the details of a life, the shadow that hung above our conversation, as one had hung above that life, was intently political.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rufus gathers from the firefighters that a gas main probably exploded while Mark captures, in his phone, the image of a man hovering by the accident, staring intently ahead like a ghost.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Make sure to eat a balanced diet and get adequate calories when exercising intensely.—
Wendy Wisner,
Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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Bottles may feature a variety of whole, colorful peppers, and the flavor is more acidic than intensely spicy.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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For a series about misfit intelligence operatives doggedly refusing to live up to even the lowest level of their potential, Apple TV’s Slow Horses is remarkably self-actualized.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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The novelist Adam Johnson is not a writer of that doggedly persistent kind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And managers are reluctant to crack down too intensively.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Leyla’s was a Frenchman, an art collector twice her age, who picked her up in one of Moscow’s posh night clubs and began to educate her intensively.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Athletic recently outlined a novel approach that sides are trialling against Barcelona, in which No 9s are purposefully left offside to be played on by overlapping team-mates later in the move.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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One of the defendants texted another co-conspirator that Billups should purposefully lose a hand to avoid cheating suspicions.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Resolutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resolutely. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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