Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a decided or determined manner; clearly; indisputably; in a manner to preclude doubt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a manner which leaves little question;
definitely ,clearly . - adverb In a
decided orfinal manner;resolutely .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without question and beyond doubt
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Examples
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That's not really the case locally, where cyclists have been encouraged by, among others, our alleged mayor and his predecessor (who does not recall Ol 'Tom's Critical Mass cruise?) to act in decidedly anti-social, self-destructive, and quite foolish manners.
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He got caught with some miniscule number of vintage photos (out of a lot of tens of thousands) that showed young people in decidedly non-sexual positions, but still were judged child porn.
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But Joan — in decidedly unsexy pajamas — overcomes her weakness for Roger, side-stepping his come-ons and sending him on his way: "I'm not a solution to your problems; I'm just another problem," she says.
Top Moments: Rethinking Kanye West, the Beatles and The Event 2010
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McCain most decidedly is * not* an over-50 hottie.
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Basic errors of fact, such as referring to the constant pi (spelled ‘pie’!) as a recurring decimal, something it decidedly is not, and this is by a character who is supposedly a mathematical prodigy.
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Basic errors of fact, such as referring to the constant pi (spelled ‘pie’!) as a recurring decimal, something it decidedly is not, and this is by a character who is supposedly a mathematical prodigy.
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Tied to the Tracks, her first effort, is set in decidedly 21st century Georgia.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Rosina Lippi/Sara Donati 2007
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Each developed its own workplace subculture, at least one of which appears to have diverged decidedly from the ideal of tantric manhood.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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I can tell you that it most decidedly is not, but that is not to say you cannot move here and get along just dandy.
Gay life in Mexico 2006
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Today, Iraqi National Security Adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, weighed in decidedly in favor of the progressive approach - †the immediate start of a redeployment.
Think Progress » Progressive Unity on Iraq: Redeployment Must Begin Immediately 2006
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