All 9 Uses of
decisive
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- You seem fond of yours in speaking it so decisively, Gabriel Oak.†
Chpt 1-3
- Bathsheba decisively turned to him.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- "Ay, that 'a is," said a second, decisively.†
Chpt 7-9
- Rat-tat-tat-tat resounded more decisively from Bath-sheba's oak.†
Chpt 7-9
- Liddy assumed a smaller physiognomy, and shut her lips decisively.†
Chpt 13-15
- "I shall have no bailiff; I shall continue to be my own manager," she said decisively.†
Chpt 28-30
- It was a decisive proof that the door had not been opened at least since Troy came back to Weatherbury.†
Chpt 28-30 *
- "We must ride after," said Gabriel, decisively.†
Chpt 31-33
- When she got a little further round to the left, and drew nearer, Bathsheba could see the newcomer's profile against the sunny sky, and knew the wavy sweep from forehead to chin, with neither angle nor decisive line anywhere about it, to be the familiar contour of Liddy Smallbury.†
Chpt 43-45
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