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decidedly, adv.|dɪˈsaɪdɪdlɪ|
[-ly2.]
1. Definitely, in such a manner as to preclude question or doubt.
1790H. More Relig. Fash. World (ed. 3) 46 The balance perhaps will not turn out so decidedly in favour of the times. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 33 All the rustic dresses are not graceful, and..some are decidedly ugly. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. xxvii. 382 The lateral portions [of a glacier] are very decidedly laminated.
2. In a determined manner, with decision, unhesitatingly.
1802M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. xiv. 117 He decidedly answered, No. 1884Sir J. Stephen in Law Reports 12 Q. Bench Div. 281 If the House had resolved ever so decidedly that [etc.]. |