decidedly

adverb

1
as in undoubtedly

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2
as in strongly

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Recent Examples of decidedly Mamdani is part of a decidedly anti-Trump guest list joining Kimmel this week. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 More than 40 years later, Madonna accepted Artist of the Year wearing decidedly more secure-looking pair of glossy black pumps. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 While Dunham’s work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum and New York’s MoMA, this will be his first museum survey show in 25 years – in part because his later work is decidedly adults-only. — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 There is something about the juxtaposition of her demure lace with a more revealing fabrication that feels decidedly fresh. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026 Iñárritu doesn’t seem to be simply directing a star synonymous with spectacle but dropping him into a film that is decidedly actor driven, one with auteurist ambitions. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026 There’s such a varied, decidedly global approach to dance music on this album. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026 The result buoyed the controversial idea that, despite being a warm, wet, and decidedly classical environment, a living cell could maintain — and even exploit — fragile quantum states. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026 Though her voice is decidedly unsentimental, there’s still a gentleness to this novel that invites readers to care and wonder about history rather than mine it for certain knowledge. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decidedly
  1. undoubtedly
  2. strongly
  3. definitely
  4. resolutely
  5. unquestionably
  6. determinedly
  7. really
  8. firmly
Adverb
  • Stone, on the other hand, is an immemorial material that predates human beings and will undoubtedly endure in our absence.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The highest-wattage cast members are undoubtedly Miller and West, ideally chosen to exude effortless glam and rumpled arrogance, respectively.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of undoubtedly
Adverb
  • Mathematicians strongly suspect that there is a genuinely knotty loop that also has a Jones polynomial 1.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Strip away these one-time charges, and its underlying business accelerated strongly.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of strongly
Adverb
  • As sure as the sun rises, Crohn’s disease is most definitely not juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Vicki and Tamra are meeting up to get their Prenuvo scans, and no, this is definitely not spon-con.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of definitely
Adverb
  • By the end of the meeting, even with their reservations, the aldermen present at City Hall stood resolutely behind the deal.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Though unanimously respected and resolutely opposed to Zionism, Barnston was aging.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of resolutely
Adverb
  • That’s an unquestionably superior system for accessing the internals.
    — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • James is in the waning stages of his legendary career and unquestionably wants to win another title before retirement.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of unquestionably
Adverb
  • Though based on the visuals of the past, his output is determinedly contemporary.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Blue-collar Ho-seok (Sul), a man traumatized by losing his factory job after a workers’ strike, lives a quiet life with his determinedly optimistic wife, Mi-ok (Jeon).
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of determinedly
Adverb
  • That would have been really hard to do with a Bear Whitetail II.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Insider tip Since the pool is really the highlight of the space, the property felt like the perfect summer getaway to me.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of really
Adverb
  • The simple fact of the matter is that David Solomon remains firmly in charge of Goldman Sachs and will for the foreseeable future.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For The Times) Greenspan claims somewhat less creative license with more traditional deli staples, though bagels, pastrami and knishes still stand firmly at the nexus of old Jewish traditions and Greenspan’s chef-y tendencies.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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