adv. [UN-1 11: cf. prec.] Without fail; in all cases or circumstances.

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c. 1400.  Sc. Trojan War, II. 319. Fra Gregeois þat shall ay but les Be holden ay wnfalȝeandly [v.r. wnfenȝeandly; L. inviolabiliter].

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1436.  Pol. Poems (Rolls), II. 191. God wote, we have nede, Unfayllyngly, unfeynynge, and unfeynte, That concience for slought you not atteynte.

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1833.  Arnott, Physics (ed. 5), II. 8. If the colds of winter arrive too early, they unfailingly produce the wintry scene.

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1888.  H. Morten, Hospital Life, 26. He was … unfailingly patient with the querulous babes.

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