unquestioningly

Anglais

Étymologie

Dérivé de unquestioning, avec le suffixe -ly.

Adverbe

unquestioningly \ˌʌn.ˈkwɛs.tʃən.ɪŋ.li\ invariable

1. Aveuglément.
   • Thus training must accustom soldiers to accept unquestioningly the authority of officers—however inept they may be personnally—merely because of the rank which endows them with it; and to carry out unquestioningly orders that may seem unreasonable, merely because they come from officers. — (Ernest van den Haag , Passion and Social Constraint, page 146. Transaction Publishers, 1963.)
2. Sans se poser de questions.
   • He explained what a difference a quarter of a degree could make. He wa working on the carburetor, if I am not mistaken. I accepted the explanation, as I had the others, unquestioningly. — (Henry Miller, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare, page 171. New Directions, 1945.)
3. Inconditionnellement.
   • It includes Philby, who, while a double agent at one time headed up counter-espionage operations for MI6, explaining that joining the Soviet secret police (OGPU) did not mean he agreed unquestioningly with everything they did. — (Haroon Siddique, « Confession of British spy for the Soviets made public for first time ». Theguardian.com, 24 septembre 2019.)