English edit

Etymology edit

unmistaking +‎ -ly

Adverb edit

unmistakingly (comparative more unmistakingly, superlative most unmistakingly)

  1. Without any mistake or misunderstanding; unmistakably.
    • 1912, The Painter and Decorator, volume 26, page 79:
      The writing was unmistakingly that of Liza Mary—the sentiment as unmistakingly that of Violet Rose. For a moment Miss Car'line twisted the note between fingers which no longer trembled.
    • 1981, Kenelm Foster, Patrick Boyde, Cambridge Readings in Dante's Comedy, page 52:
      And in the canto this mind will be characterised very thoroughly: a sense of ambiguity and duality will run throughout it, unobtrusively but unmistakingly underlining the essence of Dante's poetic vision of Guido.