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Decisive Decisively Adjective Fact Action Event Makes Result

word decisive
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adjective
If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
...his decisive victory in the presidential elections.
The election campaign has now entered its final, decisive phase.
The meeting between Molotov, Bidault and Bevin was decisive.
The plan was decisively rejected by Congress three weeks ago.
If someone is decisive, they have or show an ability to make quick decisions in a difficult or complicated situation .
He should give way to a more imaginative, more decisive leader.
'I'll call for you at half ten,' she said decisively.
His supporters admire his decisiveness.
inflections decisivelydecisivelydecisiveness
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