† oˈpinatively, adv. Obs.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an ‘opinative’ manner, in the way of opinion; with obstinate adherence to opinion.
| 1533 More Apology xlviii. Wks. 925/1 He wyll not holde it opinatiuely, and therefore yet agayne it may be no heresie. 1536 Theolog. Tracts, Hen. VIII I. lf. 213 (P.R.O.) To stonde in it opynytyuely it is heresie agenst scripture. 1630 S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. iii. iii. (1670) 359 If Vices gather not strength, and men grow not opinatively obstinate in them. 1696 [see opinator]. |