Literary notes about unequivocally (AI summary)
Writers employ "unequivocally" to fortify their language with forceful clarity and unyielding precision. The term functions as a marker of absolute assertion, signaling that a particular quality or decision is without doubt or ambiguity—as when it underscores the manifest goodwill of early emperors [1] or the complete and undeniable control one character exerts over another [2]. It frequently amplifies the decisiveness of actions and declarations, whether highlighting a moral stance or a personal sentiment, as seen when a speaker asserts their stand on governance [3] or when an individual’s state is portrayed without reservation [4]. Across different contexts—from delineating natural phenomena to describing interpersonal bonds—the adverb intensifies statements so that nothing is left to interpretation, ensuring that the reader grasps the full, unmediated meaning intended by the author [5], [6], [7].
- Still the good will of the early emperors was unequivocally manifested.
— from The Historians' History of the World in Twenty-Five Volumes, Volume 04 Greece to the Roman Conquest - The dominion which I had now so unequivocally gained over Hermogen had utterly broken his spirit.
— from The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 1 (of 2) by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann - I have declared to them unequivocally, that I would not receive the government on capitulation, that I would not go into it with my hands tied.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson - She did unfeignedly and unequivocally regret the inferiority of her own playing and singing.
— from Emma by Jane Austen - Until music is subordinated, speech has little sense; it can hardly tell a story or indicate an object unequivocally.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - An ugly wound at the back of his head and his turned-out pockets told unequivocally how he had come by his death.
— from The Grey Monk by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight - And it appears yet more unequivocally, that there is no pretense for the parallel which has been attempted between him and the king of Great Britain.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison
