Decidedly means to a great extent and in a way that is very obvious.
Sometimes he is decidedly uncomfortable at what he sees on the screen.
Representatives of the other branches adopted a decidedly different view.
It soon became clear that authors were decidedly in the majority.
Synonyms: definitely, clearly, certainly, absolutely More Synonyms of decidedly
Examples of 'decidedly' in a sentence
decidedly
He gets home feeling decidedly less manly than when he left.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was also decidedly shaky at times in the second half.
The Sun (2009)
The reaction was decidedly mixed to the smattering of smaller companies that were raising money.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She looks decidedly uncomfortable in her special themed outfit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
At this point you would feel decidedly shaky and would want more sugary food.
Chaitow, Leon The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes (1988)
These rather cheery forecasts come from the balancing of decidedly mixed signals.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The onset of autumn promotes decidedly mixed feelings.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her formative years were decidedly odd.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This was a decidedly mixed performance.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And there's something decidedly creepy about the premise.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This reporting season has seen decidedly mixed results for the world's pharmaceutical giants.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They do have a role, but right now the industry looks decidedly shaky.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Below these, the story has been decidedly mixed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I regard snow as something decidedly exotic.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Almost all could be used in almost any setting and yet they do have something decidedly of the East about them.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The results looked decidedly odd.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The omens were decidedly mixed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet the action of the gold price this year has been decidedly odd, and it has given rise to some equally odd speculation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Despite spending hours patrolling the city with a sandwich board, he has spent decidedly less time wearing out his shoe leather looking for work.
The Sun (2013)
The storytelling is almost as humourless and self-important as the central characters, but decidedly less explosive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The 79 hypotheses looked decidedly shaky, because none of the environmental influences put forward to explain the earlier decline had undergone any profound change.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
It trains us actively to ignore the pain that should elicit our anguish, our solidarity, and the decidedly uncomfortable hospitality to which we are called.
Christianity Today (2000)
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decidedly
British English: decidedly ADVERB
Decidedly means to a great extent and in a way that is very obvious.
Sometimes he is decidedly uncomfortable at what he sees on the screen.