Decisive
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English
Adjective
Decisive (comparative more Decisive, superlative most Decisive)
- Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
- A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
- Marked by promptness and decision.
- A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.
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Adverbs for Decisive
alarmingly; conclusively; definitely; scarcely; mercifully; fortunately; happily; favorably; comfortingly; practically; justly; irrevocably; inexorably; sweepingly; importantly; firmly; unmistakably; unalterably; authoritatively; authentically; weightily; augustly; intuitively; swiftly; desperately; critically; iniquitously; solemnly; tremendously; politically.
Thesaurus
absolute, adducible, admissible, admitting no exception, alert, all-out, apodictic, apt, assured, assuring, attestative, attestive, authentic, authoritative, based on, behind the scenes, bent, binding, bound, bound and determined, categorical, causal, causative, certain, charged, circumstantial, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, climacteric, committed, complete, compulsory, conclusive, constitutive, convictional, convincing, critical, crucial, cumulative, damning, decided, decretory, dedicated, definite, definitive, determinate, determinative, determined, devoted, dictated, documentary, documented, downright, earnest, effectual, emergent, entailed, entire, etiological, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, exigent, expeditious, explicit, express, eye-witness, factual, final, firsthand, fixed, flat, flat-out, formative, founded on, global, grounded on, hard-and-fast, hearsay, immediate, imperative, imperious, implicit, imposed, impressive, inappealable, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, ineluctable, inevitable, instant, instantaneous, institutive, intent, irrefutable, irresistible, irrevocable, kairotic, loaded, mandated, mandatory, masterful, material, must, necessary, nuncupative, obligatory, obstinate, occasional, originative, out-and-out, outright, overwhelming, peremptory, perfect, perfectly sure, persevering, persistent, persuasive, pivotal, positive, predestined, predetermined, pregnant, prescript, prescriptive, presumptive, probative, prompt, punctual, purposeful, quick, ready, relentless, reliable, required, resolute, resolved, round, satisfactory, satisfying, self-assured, self-confident, serious, set, settled, significant, sincere, single-minded, speedy, steadfast, straight, straight-out, suggestive, summary, sure, sure-enough, swift, symptomatic, telling, tenacious, total, true, ultimate, unambiguous, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, univocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unswerving, unwaivable, unwavering, utter, valid, weighty, whole, wholehearted, without appeal, without exception, without reserve
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References
- Decisive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Decisive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Italian
Adjective
Decisive f. pl.
- feminine plural form of decisivo
