decidedly

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de·cid·ed·ly /dɪˈsaɪdɪdli/ adverbadv

1 [+adj/adverbadv]VERY definitely or in a way that is easily noticed 肯定地，无疑地；明显地

Cole’s style is decidedly more formal than the previous manager’s.

科尔的待人处事风格显然比前任经理要拘谨。

2 DETERMINED British EnglishBrE written in a way that shows that you are very sure about a decision 坚决地，坚定地

‘I’m not going to do it, ’ said Margaret decidedly.

“这件事我不做。” 玛格丽特坚决地说。

Examples from the Corpus

decidedly• One particular candidate responding to the survey went to a great deal of trouble to commit his decidedly anti-headhunting views to paper.• His gingery short cropped hair decidedly came from the former.• Well, I hope so, and not just because my own wardrobe is decidedly denim dominated.• What he had to announce for this year was, particularly in its revenue-raising aspects, decidedly thin, indeed fiscally neutral.• It was too early in the trip for a serious attempt and all of us were decidedly under the weather.• Some managers were decidedly uneasy about the changes.• He arrived at Vera Cruz on November 30, but found himself a decidedly unwelcome visitor.

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