Pre-emptively?

[Rowan McMullin]

Eminently? Pre-eminently?

On 12/19/06, Alison Murie <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> >I am looking for an adverb that I can use (for example) to precede
> >"customary" to give the meaning "so customary that no one would ever
> >think of anything else".  Pre-emptively? presumptively?  Help!
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> >Thanks,
> >Joel
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> We *know* the perfect word's out there floating around, & being
> irritatingly elusive!  "Blindingly" would be a bit dramatic, I suppose.
> AM
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