All 4 Uses of
decisive
in
Great Expectations
- The sergeant, a decisive man, ordered that the sound should not be answered, but that the course should be changed, and that his men should make towards it "at the double."†
Chpt 5
- But Biddy said she was, and she said it decisively.†
Chpt 17 *
- We found a new set of people lingering outside, but Wemmick made a way among them by saying coolly yet decisively, "I tell you it's no use; he won't have a word to say to one of you;" and we soon got clear of them, and went on side by side.†
Chpt 20
- I established with myself, on these occasions, the reputation of a first-rate man of business,—prompt, decisive, energetic, clear, cool-headed.†
Chpt 34 *
Definitions:
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(decisive as in: a decisive defeat) determining an outcome; or ending question
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(decisive as in: a decisive decision maker) making quick decisions and sticking by them; or describing an action as firm or without hesitation