Meanings
comparative more dissolutely · superlative most dissolutely
- In a dissolute manner
Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Solomon 12:232 more examples
I hope vpon familiarity will grow more content: but if you say mary-her, I will mary-her, that I am freely dissolued, and dissolutely.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)Their drowse; and either started while the door,Pushed from without, drave backward to the wall, And midmost of a rout of roisterers, Femininely fair and dissolutely pale, Her suitor in old years before Geraint, Entered, the wild lord of the place, Limours.
1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a dissolute way
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Origin
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