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Definition of Decidedly
1. Adverb. Without question and beyond doubt. "By all odds they should win"
Partainyms: Decided, Emphatic, Unquestionable
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decidedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decidedly
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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