Decidedly

Examples

• Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Because it is decidedly the case with us. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I likes to keep my things where I knows whar to go to 'em, said Dinah, rather decidedly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Considering everything, I think a letter will be decidedly the best method of explanation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I decidedly told him it was as heavy as I wished. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Tom seemed to think there was decidedly room for improvement in me, and seemed very earnest that I should be converted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I think, there is hardly anything honest that his family would object to more, said Mrs. Garth, decidedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was remarkable; but, the taste of Saint Antoine seemed to be decidedly opposed to a rose on the head-dress of Madame Defarge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Very decidedly I called Henry to the door. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I mean to know him some day, for he needs fun, I'm sure he does, said Jo decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You must have gloves, or I won't go, cried Meg decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Decidedly not,' said Bob. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was so much virtue in this distinctly and decidedly meaning to have it, that it yielded a little, even while the line was played. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Decidedly not. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• With such eyebrows, and a look so decidedly bilious, how was he to extract that money from the governor, of which George was consumedly in want? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The same remark he considered to apply to the regulation mode of cutting the hair: which he held to be decidedly unlawful. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Laurie, though decidedly amazed, behaved with great presence of mind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But I must decidedly beg to be excused from anything of that sort. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He was decidedly improved. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• In this question Dr. Franklin was decidedly in favour of the measure proposed, and had great influence in bringing others over to his sentiments. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I'm not, put in Jo decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I tell you, Haley, this must not be spoken of; I say no, and I mean no, said Shelby, decidedly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I shall get a nice box of Faber's drawing pencils; I really need them, said Amy decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Decidedly not; once received a kick on the top of a staircase, and fell downstairs of his own accord. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Upon my word, said her ladyship, you give your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• We think it is more suited to our modern days, decidedly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then you shan't see your nevvy, said Jo decidedly, turning as if to go. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Aunt says Amy, decidedly, and it is not for us to dictate when she offers such a favor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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