adv. Obs. [f. prec. + -LY2.] Conclusively, decisively, convincingly.
c. 1555. Harpsfield, Divorce Hen. VIII. (1878), 48. How fitly, how aptly, and how concludently the adversaries impugn the same.
16[?]. Swinburne, Spousals (1686), 43. [He] more confidently than concludently affirmed the same.
b. By way of conclusion or inference.
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.