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decisively

[ US /dɪˈsaɪsɪvɫi/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈa‍ɪsɪvli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in an indisputable degree
    the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay
  2. with finality; conclusively
    the voted settled the argument decisively
  3. with firmness
    `I will come along,' she said decisively

How To Use decisively In A Sentence

  • In my judgment, grave though the libel is, and grave though the aggravation has been, the answer to that question is decisively no.
  • You can think fast and act decisively and this is such a plus factor at home. The Sun
  • But many critics claim the policy of a strong currency has decisively contributed to sluggish growth and record unemployment in both countries.
  • For designers, sleek good taste became an inspiration as they decisively shifted away from the previously efflorescent period in car design, the fabulous 1950s, with its tailfins, hood ornaments, and whitewall tires. Matthew DeBord: After the Golden Age, Can Car Design Go Green?
  • He clearly and decisively came down on the side of President Rafsanjani.
  • Not only did he win decisively, he also had the Independent party, the Green party, the Libertarian party and other parties to compete with. Matthew Yglesias » The Gingrich Doctrine and the 21st Century
  • Outstanding differences on the border dispute between the two countries failed, however, to be resolved decisively.
  • the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay
  • a subtone, his brain was afire with keen activity; but unfortunately for the going forward of things, this mental state was divided into so many battalions, led by so many generals, indirectly and indecisively, nowhere. The Place of Honeymoons
  • In the end the play seems less a debate about modern art than a clever theatrical con trick in which we, like Adam, emerge decisively duped.
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