Crossword clues for decisiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decisive \De*ci*sive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]cisif. See Decision.]
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. ``A decisive, irrevocable doom.''
--Bates. ``Decisive campaign.''
--Macaulay. ``Decisive proof.''
--Hallam.-
Marked by promptness and decision.
A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character.
--J. Foster.Syn: Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided. -- De*ci"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ci"sive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being decisive.
WordNet
n. the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness" [syn: decision] [ant: indecisiveness, indecisiveness]
the quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death" [syn: finality, conclusiveness] [ant: inconclusiveness]
Usage examples of "decisiveness".
It is at the intersection of perhaps and perhaps not that decisiveness exercises itself.
Antonio Marcoli was a natural leader in terms of charisma and decisiveness, to be sure.
Elizabeth’s personality, with her assertiveness and decisiveness, would have been perfect for today’s world whereas in her own time it undoubtedly contributed to her untimely death.
With her customary decisiveness, she made plans to check at the general store the next afternoon.
For all his decisiveness, though, he wasn't a cowboy who was likely to endanger people by going off half-cocked.
Somehow Monica had been born without the decisiveness and arrogant self-assurance of the rest of the family.
The cut-outs, the drops, the contacts, the letter-boxes, all the subtle means of contact, prevented speed and decisiveness.
On the other hand, the speed and decisiveness of an invasion over a pure air strategy offer the enormous advantages of minimizing civilian casualties among both Iraqis and our regional allies and providing the closest thing to certainty that Saddam's regime will be ousted quickly and definitively.
Best of all had been the charcoal drawing of John Singer Sargent, sharp-featured yet with a sensitive mouth, looking passive but verging on a decisiveness Yeats seldom could rouse.