Word Meanings - DECIDEDLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

TRULY
1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here. Shak. 2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight
VERITY
1. The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality. "The verity of certain words." Shak. It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while
DECIDEDLY
In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
ASSUREDLY
Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.
POSITIVELY
In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively. Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. Bacon. Give
ACTUALLY
1. Actively. "Neither actually . . . nor passively." Fuller. 2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
SEVERITY
The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: -- Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. "Strict age,
DISPOSITIVELY
In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. Sir T. Browne. Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.