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• r  showing firm determination or purpose
  she resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him
  he entered the building resolutely
• r  with firmness

• Meanwhile, the McCanns are back in England, surrounded by a resolutely supportive family.
• The most effective way to beat down the prejudice," he says resolutely, "is to beat them down.
• It was the key moment in her exposition of a resolutely Socialist view of the world that went down like ice cream for the party faithful.

• decisively

• irresolutely
• indecisively

News & Articles

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• America's best little beach towns
  The Great American Beach Town, apart from being idle as all get out, is also resolutely democratic, conscious that the sand belongs to all.
  June 13, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Martin Winterkorn in The Birmingham News - al.com
  The US market is an important part of our volume strategy and we are now very resolutely accessing that market,said Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn. "Volkswagen will be extremely active there. This plant represents a milestone in...
• Kim Jong Il in International Herald Tribune
  With feelings of deep remorse and heartfelt apology always engraved in mind, Japan has resolutely maintained, consistently since the end of World War II, never turning into a military power but an economic power, its principle of resolving all... Junichiro Koizumi http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichiro_Koizumi&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGSCnuOVOPYr0an9pEVc62m6xn4Ww Malaysia Star http://www.google.com/url?q=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp%3Ffile%3D/2005/4/22/latest/20050422115306%26sec%3Dlatest&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHC9nKU3DJvdPOin2JdJyousFbN9Q Apr 21, 2005 83106 110680 resolutely Sanctions and pressure will never work on (North Korea). If the hostile forces continue escalating sanctions and pressure against (the North), it will resolutely react to them with stronger countermeasures," Kim said in a speech to thousands of...