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decidedly
[ dih-sahy-did-lee ]
adverb
- definitely or unambiguously; without qualification:
The many reviews I’ve read of that book have been decidedly lukewarm.
- in a way that is free from hesitation or wavering; resolutely:
The heightened tension is occasioned by suicide bombers who have decidedly chosen death over life.
Word History and Origins
Origin of decidedly1
Example Sentences
The trouble began last summer during the decidedly chilly press blitz for the much-anticipated Colleen Hoover adaptation of her best-selling novel.
The international class struggle predicted by Karl Marx directly contradicted the Nazis' racial-nationalist and decidedly anti-egalitarian weltanschauung, which championed welfare only for healthy, virtuous and "useful" members of the master race.
But he was decidedly against holding any officials accountable for what had occurred, preferring, as he so memorably put it, to “look forward, not backward.”
Outside Detroit the next day, Sanders struck a decidedly different tone.
As a result, the balance of theatrical power shifts decidedly to Blanche’s advantage.
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