DECIDEDLY Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

decidedly

adverb

as in undoubtedly

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as in strongly

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Recent Examples of decidedly Combined with interviews with hotel executives, a picture is forming, one for now that is decidedly mixed. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026 The result is a shoe that retains all the elegance of a classic loafer, but with a decidedly more relaxed vibe. — Lucrezia Malavolta, Glamour, 25 July 2026 Dreamed up by designer Kelly Wearstler, the vibe is decidedly California cool—think sandy, neutral tones, wood accents, vintage rugs, floor-to-ceiling windows, and tons of lush greenery. — Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026 The Hanson sideboard from Lulu and Georgia winks at the apothecary cabinets of the 1940s, but adds a decidedly modern twist with a grid-cut relief facade. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026 But the movie doesn’t closely enough resemble the heart-and-soul complexity of life itself, falling into an uncanny valley in which the drama is decidedly artificial. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 The surge in short interest coincides with a decidedly bearish sentiment creeping into what had been a relentlessly bullish AI trade. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 Bertha has a decidedly lopsided look on satellite images, and that could be a good thing for those in hurricane-prone regions. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 July 2026 Hot Chip returned two years later with Made in the Dark, a decidedly more difficult record. — David Harris, SPIN, 21 July 2026

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Adverb

Both Anderson and Rogers are undoubtedly very valuable players, but the reason their fees have hit such heights is as much to do with circumstance as talent.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 24 July 2026
But the little fellow is a rare and interesting trophy and one that undoubtedly will astound the visiting firemen.

— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026

Definition of undoubtedly

Adverb

That so many teams were capable of winning races showed how well the crews performed, especially considering the breeze was again blowing strongly across the Solent, around 17 knots and sometimes gusting over 20.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Star first baseman Bryce Harper has strongly advocated for aggressive trade deadline moves, suggesting the team acquire expensive veterans.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of strongly

Adverb

The Alphabet subsidiary filed 488 crash reports to the agency during the study period, of which researchers found 89 definitely or plausibly police-reportable.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
These advances will definitely help build a future where AI models could actually be run on the phone with minimal power consumption.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Definition of definitely

Adverb

But despite interest from the mainstream, Songer remains resolutely independent.

— Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026
Japan’s largest studio and dominant theatrical exhibitor — home of Godzilla and Seven Samurai — has also long been, like so much of corporate Japan, cautious, deliberate and resolutely domestic in its outlook.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

Definition of resolutely

Adverb

The turbo is unquestionably more satisfying, but the base engine’s efficiency and lower purchase price will matter more to many shoppers.

— Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
This swing of the bat, then, was unquestionably his most consequential of the year.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 July 2026

Definition of unquestionably

Adverb

But the one person who really set the whole endeavour in motion was Lenain’s beloved uncle Farid, a gay and HIV-positive man who passed away in 2013.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
If diversification were really the primary reason to own private equity, more capital would already be there for that reason alone.

— Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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