Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decisively"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decisive \De*ci*sive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]cisif. See {Decision}.]
1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or
controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy;
final; conclusive. ``A decisive, irrevocable doom.''
--Bates. ``Decisive campaign.'' --Macaulay. ``Decisive
proof.'' --Hallam.
2. Marked by promptness and decision.
A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive
character. --J. Foster.
Syn: Decided; positive; conclusive. See {Decided}. --
{De*ci"sive*ly}, adv. -- {De*ci"sive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decisively
adv 1: with firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
[syn: {resolutely}] [ant: {indecisively}]
2: with finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument
decisively" [ant: {indecisively}]
3: in an indisputable degree; "the Fisher act of 1918
decisively raised their status and pay"
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