DECISIVELY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

decisively

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Definition of decisively

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Recent Examples of decisively And collectively, after decisively losing Wednesday’s practice, the Falcons delivered a much more competitive effort Thursday. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026 City moved decisively to secure an agreement with Nottingham Forest for Anderson at the beginning of July. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 In 2024, the Fed acted decisively to get ahead of a weakening in the labor market, delivering a bold, half-point rate cut. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Even so, the final stages of the race in Wisconsin this week offered some clarity about why neither part of the Democratic Party has yet been able to decisively beat the other. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 In the Minnesota Reformer, Max Nesterak looked at how Flanagan won so decisively. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026 More specifically, Raridon is winning more decisively at the top of his routes and creating enough separation to pull away, which helps immensely as a long strider who can win short but primarily threatens defenses at the intermediate level. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 The 49ers’ rookie defensive lineman stood out in individual pass-rushing drills early in the session, decisively beating veteran offensive linemen Jake Brendel, Robert Jones and Connor Colby to reach the quarterback. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Hernandez-Thorpe served as mayor of Antioch from 2020-2024 and decisively lost his campaign for re-election. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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Leo July 23 – August 22 An agreement needs to reflect your value clearly today.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2026
Experts at the Hanoi summit said the responsibilities of PROs, along with capacity requirements and oversight mechanisms, must be clearly defined in EPR policy.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of clearly

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At the extreme upper end, the study found that a maximum possible prevalence of CTE — if researchers assumed that every former football player had CTE except for the 20 whose brains had definitively been cleared of a diagnosis — was around 97%.

— Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
While the researchers can't definitively say why people made the changes, some of the edits are likely legitimate.

— Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of definitively

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The defense conclusively finished off a win, checking off one of the most important boxes of August with a Sharpie.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
In late July, the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification confirmed a biological sibling match, allowing the medical examiner's office to conclusively identify her.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of conclusively

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Future events will always weigh heavy on any prequel, but surely stories have a responsibility to better acknowledge that viewers know what's coming.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Whoever winds up playing Parton on Broadway surely has some enormous rhinestone boots to fill.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of surely

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The push to make Elci choose between running or radio most assuredly is being done on purpose.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
The season-ending injury to center Kilian O’Connor limited USC’s options, with Tobias Raymond now almost assuredly set to step in there.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

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