Dictionary

conclusively en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English conclusive Middle English -ly English -ly English conclusively From conclusive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a conclusive manner; with finality; decisively.
   • I need not extend the subject any farther; enough has been said , and much more might be, if necessary, to prove clearly and conclusively that the odontotechny of the Greeks and Romans was advanced to a considerable degree of perfection: […] 1829, Samuel Sheldon Fitch, A System of Dental Surgery, page 14:
   • Once the final experiment had been performed, the theory was conclusively proved.
   • […] which conclusively prove the enormous superiority of the Sumerian over the Egyptian weaponsmithy. 1928, H. R. Hall, The Civilization of Greece in the Bronze Age:
2. By way of conclusion.
   • "Go and find out who did it, before you come blaming me for it." "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively. "It ain't the second nor third floors wot comes makin' all manner o' mess in these basins." 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20:

Forms

Deriveds

conclusively presumed

Translations (11)

nl doorslaggevend (in a conclusive manner) · pl ostatecznie (in a conclusive manner) · fi pitävästi (in a conclusive manner) · nl beslissend (in a conclusive manner) · ca conclusivament (in a conclusive manner) · pl końcowo (in a conclusive manner) · fi lopullisesti (in a conclusive manner) · es conclusivamente (in a conclusive manner) · pt conclusivamente (in a conclusive manner) · nl afdoend (in a conclusive manner) · pl rozstrzygająco (in a conclusive manner)