decisively en · ADV
Pronunciation
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- /dɪˈsaɪsɪvli/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English decisive Middle English -ly English -ly English decisively From decisive + -ly.
Meanings
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In a decisive manner.
The visitors rallied again though and struck decisively 16 minutes from time when Yaya Toure headed in the winner.
2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:'In short,' concluded the parson, decisively smacking his leg with his switch, 'there's hardly such another family in England.'
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more decisively | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most decisively | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
it decisamente (in a decisive manner) · it decisivamente (in a decisive manner) · ca decisivament (in a decisive manner) · es decisivamente (in a decisive manner) · hu döntően (in a decisive manner) · fr de manière décisive (in a decisive manner) · sh odlučno (in a decisive manner) · pl bezapelacyjnie (in a decisive manner) · sh одлучно (in a decisive manner)