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Definition
determining an outcome; or ending question; or describing something as unmistakable
- The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air.p. 15.7
decisively = in a manner that ends any question about something
- "Never heard of them," he remarked decisively.p. 10.3
- "It's a bitch," said Tom decisively.p. 28.3
- "I know nothing whatever about mechanics," he said decisively.p. 54.1
decisively = in a manner that ends any question about something
decisively = in a manner that ends any question about something
decisively = in a manner that ends any question about something
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