unhesitatingly


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un·hes·i·tat·ing

 (ŭn-hĕz′ĭ-tā′tĭng)
adj.
Acting with or characterized by promptness or resolution: I gave my unhesitating approval.

un·hes′i·tat′ing·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.unhesitatingly - without hesitationunhesitatingly - without hesitation; "she said yes unhesitatingly"
hesitantly, hesitatingly - with hesitation; in a hesitant manner; "he finally accepted hesitantly"
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Translations

unhesitatingly

[ʌnˈhezɪteɪtɪŋlɪ] ADVsin vacilar
"yes," she answered unhesitatingly-sí -respondió sin vacilar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unhesitatingly

[ʌnˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋli] advsans hésitation
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unhesitatingly

advohne Zögern, ohne zu zögern; (= undoubtingly also)ohne zu zweifeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unhesitatingly

[ʌnˈhɛzɪˌteɪtɪŋlɪ] advsenza esitazione
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References in classic literature ?
Then, Don Quixote being vanquished, the bachelor knight was to command him to return to his village and his house, and not quit it for two years, or until he received further orders from him; all which it was clear Don Quixote would unhesitatingly obey, rather than contravene or fail to observe the laws of chivalry; and during the period of his seclusion he might perhaps forget his folly, or there might be an opportunity of discovering some ready remedy for his madness.
For not to speak of his readiness in ordinary duties: --repairing stove boats, sprung spars, reforming the shape of clumsy-bladed oars, inserting bull's eyes in the deck, or new tree-nails in the side planks, and other miscellaneous matters more directly pertaining to his special business; he was moreover unhesitatingly expert in all manner of conflicting aptitudes, both useful and capricious.
Even a Master of Arts in our University of Wentbridge has been known to confuse a ten-sided with a twelve-sided Polygon; and there is hardly a Doctor of Science in or out of that famous University who could pretend to decide promptly and unhesitatingly between a twenty-sided and a twenty-four sided member of the Aristocracy.
The prince's tone was so calm and confident that Princess Mary unhesitatingly believed him.
Having obtained the address of the person to whom the house in the Allees de Meillan belonged, Dantes next proceeded thither, and, under the name of Lord Wilmore (the name and title inscribed on his passport), purchased the small dwelling for the sum of twenty-five thousand francs, at least ten thousand more than it was worth; but had its owner asked half a million, it would unhesitatingly have been given.
'By jumping from the top of the fall, if there be no other way,' unhesitatingly replied my companion: 'it will be much the quickest way of descent; but as you are not quite as active as I am, we will try some other way.'
But these confiding people believe in that piece of wood unhesitatingly.
Unhesitatingly, he stepped into the tangle of branches close to the panther's side, still voicing his friendly and conciliatory purr.
The paltry revenge which that false friend had unhesitatingly suspected him of taking was a revenge of which Arnold's nature was simply incapable.
She was therefore surprised beyond measure when Captain Jim, slowly and sorrowfully, but unhesitatingly, gave it as his opinion that Leslie should be told.
Swift and comprehensive is the recognition of white man for white man in African wilds; instant and sure is the spiritual greeting between mother and babe; unhesitatingly do master and dog commune across the slight gulf between animal and man; immeasurably quick and sapient are the brief messages between one and one's beloved.
While my acquaintances went unhesitatingly into trade or the professions, I contemplated this occupation as most like theirs; ranging the hills all summer to pick the berries which came in my way, and thereafter carelessly dispose of them; so, to keep the flocks of Admetus.