clinch
verb (used with object)
to settle (a matter) decisively.
clinchingly
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a word derived from
clinch.
Example Sentences
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"And we know you haven't got a tail at all," Maria added, clinchingly.
From The Extra Day by Algernon Blackwood
I guess Leon knows the way to Varney’s Paintpot anyhow,” he advanced clinchingly.
From A Scout of To-day by Isabel Hornibrook
He's dead," said Mr. Prohack clinchingly, "but he's left me ten thousand a year.
From Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett
"Funiculi funicula Vincente y Blasco Ibanez vermicelli sul campo della gloria risotto!" said the second waiter clinchingly, and scored a technical knockout.
From The Adventures of Sally by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
