Definition of Decidedly

1. Adverb. Without question and beyond doubt. "By all odds they should win"


Definition of Decidedly

1. adv. In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

Definition of Decidedly

1. Adverb. In a manner which leaves little question; definitely, clearly. ¹

2. Adverb. In a decided or final manner; resolutely. ¹

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Definition of Decidedly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decidedly

deciamp
deciampere
deciamperes
deciamps
deciare
deciares
deciban
decibans
decibel
decibels
decidabilities
decidability
decidable
decide
decided
decidedly
decidedness
decidednesses
decidement
decidence
decider
deciders
decides
deciding
deciding(a)
decidua basalis
decidua capsularis
decidua parietalis

Literary usage of Decidedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"Most decidedly so. Clearly so. Therefore, whenever anything pulls back a soul that is under the influence of thirst, it will be something in the soul ..."

2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... with their brother's proposal ; and it was settled that Mr Jones should be sent for early in the morning, if Miss Bennet were not decidedly better. ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"He manufactured some circumstantial details. This woman, however, had rendered him very unhappy. "Decidedly, you have not been lucky," said ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1845)
"It then gave way promptly and decidedly. The absorbent system being aroused into ... The patient was now decidedly convalescent, the inflammation nnd its ..."

5. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... then, and thinking th:it ho himself too was decidedly most formidable to the adversary at the present time, even tho very first day, I >omo. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"It would be interesting to compare this test with that of Reinsch, which has been found by me decidedly sharper and more to be depended on than that of ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... the feathers are crossed by narrow lighter colored V-shaped bars which gives the plumage, on the whole, a decidedly barred appearance. ..."

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