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decisively

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de·ci·sive  (d-ssv)
adj.
1. Having the power to decide; conclusive.
2. Characterized by decision and firmness; resolute.
3. Beyond doubt; unmistakable: a decisive defeat.

de·cisive·ly adv.
de·cisive·ness n.
Synonyms: decisive, conclusive, crucial, definitive, determinative
These adjectives mean determining or having the power to determine an outcome: the decisive vote; a conclusive reason; crucial experiments; a definitive verdict; the determinative battle.
Antonym: indecisive
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.decisively - with firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
indecisively - lacking firmness or resoluteness; "`I don't know,' he said indecisively"
2.decisively - with finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument decisively"
indecisively - without finality; inconclusively; "the battle ended indecisively; neither side had clearly won but neither side admitted defeat"
3.decisively - in an indisputable degree; "the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay"
Translations
decisively [dɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ] ADV
1. (= conclusively) to be decisively beatenser derrotado de modo decisivo
2. (= resolutely) → con decisión, con resolución
decisively [dɪˈsaɪsɪvli] adv [act] → avec fermeté; [vote, reject, win] → de manière décisive; [say] → de manière résolue
decisively
adv
(= crucially, conclusively) change, influenceentscheidend; defeatdeutlich; rejectentschieden
(= resolutely) saybestimmt, entschlossen; actentschlossen
decisively [dɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ] adv (act) → con decisione
decisively [dɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ] adv (act) → con decisione


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Prince Andrew suddenly decided finally and decisively.
She was remarkably quick in the discovery of attachments, and had enjoyed the advantage of raising the blushes and the vanity of many a young lady by insinuations of her power over such a young man; and this kind of discernment enabled her soon after her arrival at Barton decisively to pronounce that Colonel Brandon was very much in love with Marianne Dashwood.
"Well, then, if we fight like the devil an' don't ever whip, it must be the general's fault," said the youth grandly and decisively.
 
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