"decisively" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /dɪˈsaɪsɪvli/ [UK] Audio: En-decisively.ogg Forms: more decisively [comparative], most decisively [superlative]
Etymology: From decisive + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|decisive|-ly|id2=adverbial}} decisive + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} decisively (comparative more decisively, superlative most decisively)
  1. In a decisive manner. Translations (in a decisive manner): decisivament (Catalan), de manière décisive (French), decisivamente (Italian), decisamente (Italian), bezapelacyjnie (Polish), одлучно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), odlučno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), decisivamente (Spanish)
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