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Jessie
what's the difference between " decidedly “ and ” decisively “?
28 giu 2012 03:21
Risposte · 1
they are similar. decidedly just means resoluteness. decisive means means it meant the decision between success or failure, "the decisive moment" = the moment which decides the outcome, a "decisive victory" = a deciding victory (i.e. it decides the final outcome ),
we usually only use 'decisive' to describe the extent of a major or very successful victory (usualy in war, or sports).
'decidedly' is not very common, it would just mean someone was extremely confident, or very resolved.
decidedly = confidently, resolutely. (決意地)
decisively = usually used to mean: with complete success, thoroughly successful without question or difficulty. (often used with 'victory': the enemy won the battle. it was a decisive victory that changed the outcome of the war - nobody could argue otherwise.) (決然地?)
In spoken language, we don't use either of these words very often, you will likely only see them in written english or television broadcasts.
28 giugno 2012
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Jessie
Competenze linguistiche
Cinese (mandarino), Inglese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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