6 sentences with 'decidedly'
Example sentences and phrases with the word decidedly and other words derived from it.
• « He went so far as to claim that Aten was the only god, something that seemed absurd to the decidedly polytheistic Egyptians. »
• « Theodora, who had come from decidedly humble origins as an artist, worked diligently both to free prostitutes from sexual slavery and to extend legal rights and protections to women and protect children from infanticide. »
• « The overlap of dates is explained by the fact that most of Europe remained decidedly 'medieval' during the heyday of the Renaissance in Italy: the ways of life, forms of technology and political structure of the Middle Ages did not suddenly change with the flowering of the Renaissance, not least because the innovations of the Renaissance took a long time to spread beyond Italy. »
• « The other states of Europe began to focus their own efforts on trade, and when the Netherlands was drawn into the wars initiated by Louis XIV at the end of the 17th century, it marked the beginning of the end of its dominance (though not of its prosperity - the Netherlands has remained a decidedly prosperous country ever since). »
• « Thanks to its territorial gains in the Baltic and the building of St Petersburg, Russia was now a decidedly European power, albeit an unusual one. »
• « The myth of Napoleon was also significant - he became the great romantic hero, despite his own decidedly unromantic personality, thought of as a modern Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great (as he hoped). »