decisively

1. 1.

   with firmness

   “`I will come along,' she said decisively”

   Synonymsresolutely

   Antonymsindecisively
2. 2.

   with finality; conclusively

   “the voted settled the argument decisively”

   Antonymsindecisively
3. 3.

   in an indisputable degree

   “the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay”

Questions about decisively

What does decisively mean?

decisively means "with firmness". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decisively?

decisively has 4 syllables: deci-si-ve-ly. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /dɪˈsaɪsɪvli/.

What is another word for decisively?

Close synonyms include resolutely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of decisively?

The recorded antonyms are indecisively, indecisively.

Is decisively a common word?

decisively is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.