decisamente Italian · revision 38916

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=before 1797, Pietro Verri|origins=la caedō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /de.t͡ʃi.zaˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|deciso|-mente]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary) The adjective [[deciso]] continues [[la|dēcīsus]], the past participle of [[m|la|dēcīdō|t=to cut off; to settle]], from [[m|la|caedō|t=to cut]].^(LEI)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is in the writings of Pietro Verri (about 1797), in the sense “resolutely, without hesitation”: he noted that the truly wise women took up the defence of the person who was accused or mocked ''decisamente''.^(LEI)^(GDLI)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “without doubt, definitely” followed in Foscolo in 1816.^(LEI) In the 19th century both senses were common in prose: Mazzini declared himself ''decisamente'' an opponent of the Papacy as it then was, and in De Sanctis a ministry rejects a motion ''decisamente''.^(GDLI) Today the adverb mostly strengthens an adjective (“really, decidedly”) or stands alone at the head of a sentence meaning “no doubt about it”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 1797 – Pietro Verri uses ''decisamente'' “resolutely”.^(LEI)^(GDLI)

+ * 1816 – Foscolo uses it in the sense “without doubt”.^(LEI)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|resolutely]], [[m|en|decisively]], without hesitating: ''Si è opposto decisamente alla proposta.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(intensifier)'' Really, [[m|en|decidedly]]: ''una cena decisamente cara''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(sentence adverb)'' Without doubt, [[m|en|definitely]]: ''Decisamente, oggi non è giornata.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[deciso]]

+ * [[decidere]]

+ * [[decisione]]

+ * [[decisivo]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}