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UK
/ˌɪndɪsˈaɪsɪvli/
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ADVERB
-
lacking firmness or resoluteness
`I don't know,' he said indecisively -
without finality; inconclusively
the battle ended indecisively; neither side had clearly won but neither side admitted defeat
How To Use indecisively In A Sentence
- 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
- He consulted a supervisor, who stared at me indecisively for a few minutes.
- Silver moved indecisively last week as the market paused after plunging from near-record highs above $49 an ounce. Goldman View, Euro Worry Lift Precious Metals
- `I don't know,' he said indecisively
- Anand played indecisively and Nakamura turned the game on a dime, threw his pieces at Anand's king, and when the smoke cleared, he was up in material. Lubomir Kavalek: The Great London Chess Debate
- He spent his early years indecisively moving about - working at an investment house, on a farm in Canada, and as a teacher in British public schools.
- His argument may have turned out indecisively, but Halley evidently believed that scientific data were relevant to theological questions.
- I'd been up since six, cleaning and fussing indecisively over my wardrobe, and I'd eventually settled on a warm brown sweater and khaki pants.
- The second debate ended as indecisively as the first. O: A Presidential Novel
- The worst thing that could happen would be for it to end indecisively, with embittered semi-losers on all sides.