Decidedly
Decidedly adverb - Without question and beyond doubt.
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Synonyms for Decidedly
Ostensibly and decidedly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ostensibly" instead an adverb "Decidedly".
Nearby Word: decided
Ostensibly
Ostensibly adverb - From appearances alone.
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Synonyms for Ostensibly
Decidedly and ostensibly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decidedly" instead an adverb "Ostensibly".
Nearby Word: ostensible
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Related pairs
- positively and decidedly
- positively and ostensibly
- definitely and decidedly
- definitely and ostensibly
- apparently and decidedly
- apparently and ostensibly
- plainly and decidedly
- plainly and ostensibly
- clearly and decidedly
- clearly and ostensibly
- distinctly and decidedly
- distinctly and ostensibly
- doubtless and decidedly
- doubtless and ostensibly
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Given that the actual Maple Valley in Washington is decidedly not constituted of all-white houses (people have actually found and photographed the house that's ostensibly John's), it's probably purely stylistic, but still.
Source: Single-Palette Town - While the angels are ostensibly the good guys and the demons are the bad guys, the angels are decidedly not nice (except for the ones who are exceedingly so), and often don't have mankind's best interests at heart.
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