adv
Meaning 1
In a decisive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decisively
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UK: /dɪˈsaɪsɪvli/
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adverb
Meaning 2
in an indisputable degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with finality; conclusively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the voted settled the argument decisively
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: indecisively
adverb
Meaning 4
with firmness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `I will come along,' she said decisively
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resolutely
Antonyms: indecisively
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English decisive Middle English -ly English -ly English decisively From decisive + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: decisivament — in a decisive manner
- French: de manière décisive — in a decisive manner
- Hungarian: döntően — in a decisive manner
- Italian: decisivamente — in a decisive manner
- Italian: decisamente — in a decisive manner
- Polish: bezapelacyjnie — in a decisive manner
- Serbo-Croatian: одлучно — in a decisive manner
- Serbo-Croatian: odlučno — in a decisive manner
- Spanish: decisivamente — in a decisive manner
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