All 3 Uses of
decisive
in
Mansfield Park
- This was enough to determine Sir Thomas; and a decisive "then so it shall be" closed that stage of the business;
Chpt 37 *decisive = ending discussion of other ideas
- Had she doubted his meaning while she listened, the glow in his face, when she looked up at him, would have been decisive.
Chpt 37decisive = ending any question
- The only certainty to be drawn from it was, that nothing decisive had yet taken place.
Chpt 43decisive = final (settling the outcome)
Definition:
-
(decisive as in: a decisive defeat) determining an outcome; or ending question