Destinedly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a manner indicating that something is inevitably determined to happen or reach a specific outcome, executed with a sense of unavoidable fate or predetermined course
2. Showing the characteristic of being fated to occur or come about as if by an unalterable destiny, performed with the implication of certainty in its outcome
3. Expressing actions or events carried out with an inherent sense of inevitable purpose, as though predestined or irrevocably set to happen in a particular way

Etymology: "Destinedly" is simply "destined" with the adverbial suffix "-ly" added, and "destined" is the past participle of "destine," which comes into English from Old French "destiner" and Latin "destinare," meaning to make firm or fix in place. The Latin verb is built from "de-" and "stanare," a root related to "stare," to stand, so the sense is of something fixed or set in position. Both "destine" and "destiny" trace to this same root, with "destiny" arriving first and taking on the broader sense of an inevitable future. The adverb is a derivative formed within English by attaching "-ly" to the adjective "destined," which describes something that is fated or set to happen. Its meaning, "as if fated," follows directly from that adjective. Because it is a regular formation rather than an independently borrowed word, it has no separate history of its own beyond the verb and adjective it is built from.

Synonyms: inevitably, certainly, unavoidably, surely, fatedly

Antonyms: accidentally, randomly, unpredictably, uncertainly, contingently