decisively

Definitions of decisively
  1. adverb
    with firmness
    “`I will come along,' she said decisively”
    synonyms: resolutely
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    antonyms:
    indecisively
    lacking firmness or resoluteness
  2. adverb
    in an indisputable degree
    “the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay”
  3. adverb
    with finality; conclusively
    “the voted settled the argument decisively”
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    antonyms:
    indecisively
    without finality; inconclusively
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