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Definition of Indefinitely
1. Adverb. To an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time. "This could go on indefinitely"
Definition of Indefinitely
1. adv. In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely.
Definition of Indefinitely
1. Adverb. For a long time, no end defined ¹
2. Adverb. Forever ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indefinitely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indefinitely
Literary usage of Indefinitely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Congressional Globe ...: 23d Congress to the 42d Congress, Dec. 2, 1833 ...by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey (1872)
"3697. reported adversely and indefinitely postponed, 3697. bill (H. It. No.
2475) to amend an act to establish a uniform system of, throughout the United ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Now the "law of diminishing returns" is simply the phrase by which economists
describe the well-known fact that a man cannot go on indefinitely increasing ..."
3. Robert's Rules of Order Revised for Deliberative Assemblies by Henry Martyn Robert (1915)
"If a main motion is referred to a committee while to postpone indefinitely is
pending, the latter motion is ignored and does not go to the committee. ..."
4. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Leopold George Gordon Robbins, Melville Madison Bigelow (1893)
"... &c., o{ issue js whether they refer to issue indefinitely (fe, when restricted ' •>
J > to a failure of to a failure of issue at any time), ..."
5. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"... of Ohio, to postpone indefinitely the Bill making an appropriation for the
transportation of the United States Mails by Railroad across the Isthmus of ..."
6. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Possibility that it will remain indefinitely in a halfway stage and not proceed
to this outcome, 348. § 1. The rapid growth of the militant movement among ..."
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