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ADVERB (3)

1. with firmness;
- Example: "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
[syn: decisively, resolutely]

2. with finality; conclusively;
- Example: "the voted settled the argument decisively"

3. in an indisputable degree;
- Example: "the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Marked by promptness and decision.
      [1913 Webster]

            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.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decisively
    adv 1: with firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
           [syn: decisively, 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"