decisively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English decisive

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English decisively

From decisive + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪsɪvli/

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Adverb

decisively (comparative more decisively, superlative most decisively)

1. In a decisive manner.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 6:

     'In short,' concluded the parson, decisively smacking his leg with his switch, 'there's hardly such another family in England.'

   • 2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The visitors rallied again though and struck decisively 16 minutes from time when Yaya Toure headed in the winner.

Translations

in a decisive manner

• Catalan: decisivament (ca)
• French: de manière décisive
• Hungarian: döntően (hu)
• Italian: decisivamente (it), decisamente (it)
• Polish: bezapelacyjnie (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одлучно

  Latin: odlučno (sh)

• Spanish: decisivamente (es)