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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Copper’s technical position is similar to where gold was in March 2024, when it broke out decisively from its 13-year base by hurdling $2,200.
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"We must approach all potential emergencies with a mindset of anticipating the worst-case scenario and responding decisively," he added.
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“If needed, we will respond swiftly and decisively to defend our regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures,” a spokesman said.
“While this strategy was effective during smaller outages, we are now implementing fleetwide updates that provide the Driver with specific power outage context, allowing it to navigate more decisively,” it added.
“It won’t be a straight line, but we’re acting decisively to accelerate the lagging areas, with China at the top of that list.”
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