decisively
Americanadverb
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in a way that settles a matter and puts an end to debate or speculation.
The question, "Do habitable conditions for life exist elsewhere in the galaxy?" has been decisively answered in the affirmative.
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in a firm and resolute way, without wavering.
The Executive Office must be able to move quickly and decisively to preserve endangered ecosystems, history, or prehistory on federal land.
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in a clear or definite way; indisputably.
She has not only decisively beaten but ended the political career of every candidate who ran against her.
Other Word Forms
- nondecisively adverb
- predecisively adverb
Etymology
Origin of decisively
Example Sentences
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"We should swiftly introduce and decisively implement a price ceiling system for petroleum products that have recently seen excessive price increases," he told a Monday cabinet meeting.
From Barron's
"We will continue to act decisively where it's deemed that AI services are not doing enough to ensure safe user experiences."
From BBC
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said America was “winning decisively, devastatingly and without mercy,” adding that the U.S. could sustain the fighting “as long as we need.”
From Barron's
Yet the president is certainly entitled to a degree of latitude in decisively responding to active threats to the nation.
When confronted with new two-sided threats in the past, Treasurys have sometimes moved decisively one way, only to completely reverse.
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