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indecisively

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in·de·ci·sive  (nd-ssv)
adj.
1. Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute: an indecisive manager.
2. Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle.
3. Not clearly defined; indefinite: indecisive boundaries running through mountainous terrain.
inde·cisive·ly adv.
inde·cisive·ness n.
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Adv.1.indecisively - lacking firmness or resoluteness; "`I don't know,' he said indecisively"
decisively, resolutely - with firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
2.indecisively - without finality; inconclusively; "the battle ended indecisively; neither side had clearly won but neither side admitted defeat"
decisively - with finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument decisively"
Translations
indecisively [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ] ADV
1. (= hesitantly) → con indecisión, con irresolución(frm)
we waited as she stood there indecisively → esperamos mientras ella estaba ahí parada sin decidirse
2. (= inconclusively) [end, conclude] → sin resultados definitivos, sin resultados decisivos
indecisively
adv → unentschlossen; (= inconclusively) → unentschieden, ergebnislos
indecisively [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ] adv (act) → con indecisione or esitazione; (finish, game, argument) → in modo inconcludente
the discussion ended indecisively → la discussione è finita senza un risultato preciso
indecisively [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪvlɪ] adv (act) → con indecisione or esitazione; (finish, game, argument) → in modo inconcludente
the discussion ended indecisively → la discussione è finita senza un risultato preciso


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To be present at - an actual witness, too - of this bitterness of death; to float, indecisively, in an incomprehensible mystery, between resemblance and reality; to hear everything, to see everything, without interfering in a single detail of agonizing suffering, was - so the king thought within himself - a torture far more terrible, since it might last forever.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The one I had selected wavered indecisively before me, and, as I swung wide to make the boarding gentle, filled suddenly and darted away, the smart Mongols shouting a wild rhythm as they bent to the sweeps.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
He stopped indecisively because a sixth figure had suddenly presented itself just inside the doorway--a figure so incongruous in the scene as to be almost comic.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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