adv. Obs. [f. prec. + -LY2.] Conclusively, decisively, convincingly.

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c. 1555.  Harpsfield, Divorce Hen. VIII. (1878), 48. How fitly, how aptly, and how concludently the adversaries impugn the same.

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16[?].  Swinburne, Spousals (1686), 43. [He] more confidently than concludently affirmed the same.

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  b.  By way of conclusion or inference.

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1674.  Hickman, Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2), 119. To attribute such acts … unto God … and yet withal to deny, that we concludently make him the Author of Sin.

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