Predictingly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a predicting manner.
"Apollo. [Predictingly.] Yet assuredly thou wilt relax, although thou art mighty stubborn: such a man will come to the house of Phérës, Eurýstheus having sent him after a chariot of horses from the wintry regions of Thrace, who in fact, after being-received-a-guest in this house of Admétus, shall by force take this woman away from thee: and there will not be any obligation to thee from us,—but nevertheless thou wilt do this, and wilt be hated by me."
Example
More examples"Apollo. [Predictingly.] Yet assuredly thou wilt relax, although thou art mighty stubborn: such a man will come to the house of Phérës, Eurýstheus having sent him after a chariot of horses from the wintry regions of Thrace, who in fact, after being-received-a-guest in this house of Admétus, shall by force take this woman away from thee: and there will not be any obligation to thee from us,—but nevertheless thou wilt do this, and wilt be hated by me."
Etymology
From predicting + -ly.
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