Decisively

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a decisive manner.

    "'In short,' concluded the parson, decisively smacking his leg with his switch, 'there's hardly such another family in England.'"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an indisputable degree wordnet
  2. 2
    with finality; conclusively wordnet
  3. 3
    with firmness of purpose wordnet

Synonyms

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absolutelyapaceassuredlyat any rateat onceby all means

Example

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"The sexes differ, not only in stature and muscular force, but perhaps even more decisively in temperament, and this must early have given rise to a corresponding division of labour."

Etymology

From decisive + -ly.

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