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decided, ppl. a.|dɪˈsaɪdɪd|
[f. decide v.1]
1. Settled, certain; definite; unquestionable.
1790Impartial Hist. War in Amer. 319 Such various accounts have been given..that it is difficult to form any decided opinion. 1858Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 61 It was a most decided and complete success. 1879O. N. Rood Chromatics xviii. 315 Decided greens are not admitted except in small touches.
2. Resolute, determined, unhesitating.
1790Paley Horæ Paul., Rom. ii. 17 They had taken a decided part in the great controversy. 1828Scott F.M. Perth vii, Henry Smith spoke out boldly, and in a decided voice. 1840Alison Hist. Europe VIII. xlix. §13. 14 He found them vacillating, he left them decided. |