1. Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a
decided winning. "A more
decided taste for science."
2. Free from doubt or wavering; certain; of
fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a
decided opinion or purpose.
Synonym: Decided, Decisive.
We call a thing
decisive when it has the strength or
characteristic of deciding; as, a
decisive battle; we
say of it as
decided when it is so fully settled as to
leave no
room for doubt; as, a
decided preference, a
decided aversion. Hence, a
decided victory is one about which
there is no question; a
decisive victory is one which ends the contest. Decisive is applied only to things; as, a
decisive offer, a
decisive decree, a
decisive judgment. Decided is applied equally to
persons and things. Thus we
say of a
man as
decided in
his intact of conduct; and as having a
decided disgust, or a
decided reluctance, to determined measures. "A politic caution, a guarded circumspection, were among the ruling principles of our forefathers in their most
decided conduct." . "The sentences of superior judges are final, decisive, and irrevocable.
Source: Websters Vocabulary