Antonyms for decisive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-sahy-siv
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsaɪ sɪv


Definition of decisive

Origin :
  • 1610s, from Medieval Latin decisivus, from Latin decis-, past participle stem of decidere (see decide). Related: Decisively; decisiveness.
  • adj definite
Example sentences :
  • As yet, however, no decisive advantage had been gained on either side.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • Still, as the case stood, his triumph was not the less brilliant or decisive.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • At the dawn of the morning he made his attack sharp, unexpected, decisive.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • I do not know what he said to the surgeon-major, but it was something clear and decisive.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • "It doesn't matter whose sister you are," was the decisive reply.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • "It's my work," said Turkey, in a decisive tone, which left me no room for rejoinder.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • He had passed the decisive line and his rise was simply a question of time.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • One speaker at length had a decisive influence on the question.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan
  • The Rougons still speak of it as of a glorious and decisive battle.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for decisive

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