Decisively

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decisive \De*ci*sive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]cisif. See {Decision}.]
     1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or
        controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy;
        final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom."
        --Bates. "Decisive campaign." --Macaulay. "Decisive
        proof." --Hallam.


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     2. Marked by promptness and decision.
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              A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive
              character.                            --J. Foster.
  
     Syn: Decided; positive; conclusive. See {Decided}. --
          {De*ci"sive*ly}, adv. -- {De*ci"sive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decisively
       adv 1: with firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
              [syn: {resolutely}] [ant: {indecisively}]
       2: with finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument
          decisively" [ant: {indecisively}]
       3: in an indisputable degree; "the Fisher act of 1918
          decisively raised their status and pay"