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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (3)

1. with firmness;
- Example: "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
[syn: decisively, resolutely]

2. with finality; conclusively;
- Example: "the voted settled the argument decisively"

3. in an indisputable degree;
- Example: "the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decisive \De*ci*sive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]cisif. See Decision.] 1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." --Bates. "Decisive campaign." --Macaulay. "Decisive proof." --Hallam. [1913 Webster] 2. Marked by promptness and decision. [1913 Webster] A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. --J. Foster. Syn: Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided. -- De*ci"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ci"sive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decisively adv 1: with firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively" [syn: decisively, resolutely] [ant: indecisively] 2: with finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument decisively" [ant: indecisively] 3: in an indisputable degree; "the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay"