Both Uses of
decisive
in
The Age of Innocence
- Suddenly Newland Archer felt himself impelled to decisive action.†
Chpt 2 *
- But during the ten days which had elapsed since her return to New York she had perhaps guessed from his silence, and from the fact of his making no attempt to see her, that he was meditating a decisive step, a step from which there was no turning back.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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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