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Etymology tree English indecisive Middle English -ly English -ly English indecisively From indecisive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an indecisive manner.
   • I stood there indecisively for a few minutes. Then I turned east, Londonwards. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 52:
   • She stood indecisively in front of the drugstore, wanting a Coke icee. The heated aroma of warn donuts floated by on the damp air from the bakery next door, where they also had an icee machine, leaking crystal tendrils of cold condensation down its refrigerated front. 1994, Myrna Marler, “Encounter”, in Greg A. Berryman, editor, Kula Manu, Laie, Haw.: Brigham Young University–Hawaii, page 39:
   • Amid criticism that it was acting too slowly and indecisively in the face of disaster, TEPCO flooded three of its unstable reactors with water. It continues to do so while efforts continue towards long-term recovery. 2012 February 13, Hilary Whiteman, “Japan: False thermometer may be behind high readings”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022:

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