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adj. firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith"

unhesitating, resolute

adj. characterized by quickness and firmness; "his reply was unhesitating"

valiant, valorous

adj. having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier"

stalwart, stouthearted

adj. used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army"

unmistakable, decided, beyond doubt

adj. clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"

dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding

adj. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

leaden, plodding

adj. (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"

steady

adj. not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"

indefatigable, tireless, unflagging, unwearying

adj. showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"

unmistakable, decided, beyond doubt

adj. clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"

deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)

adj. having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

fatal, fateful

adj. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

peremptory

adj. putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree"

irresolute

adj. uncertain how to act or proceed; "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute"

vacillant, vacillating, wavering

adj. uncertain in purpose or action

cowardly, fearful

adj. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

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