CONCLUSIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conclusively mean? 

• CONCLUSIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb CONCLUSIVELY has 1 sense:

1. in a conclusive way

  Familiarity information: CONCLUSIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCLUSIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a conclusive way

Synonyms:

conclusively; once and for all

Context example:

we settled the problem conclusively

Antonym:

inconclusively (not conclusively)

Pertainym:

conclusive (forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question)

 Context examples 

This theory became widely accepted and is taught to schoolchildren today but it had never been conclusively proved.

(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But, Martin, if that be so, if all the doors are closed as you have shown so conclusively, how is it possible that any of the great writers ever arrived?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Although some preserved feathers that may have been from dinosaurs have been found before, this is the first time they have been conclusively connected to the animal that grew them.

(Scientists find dinosaur feathers preserved in amber, Wikinews)

“I’m not hankering to be the man that lays hands on you while he’s around,” Pete announced conclusively, nodding his head toward Buck.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The only drawback is that we have conclusively proved by ocular demonstration that there are no water channels down the rocks.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Though previous observations found hints of methanol in the LMC, the latter two are unprecedented findings and stand as the most complex molecules ever conclusively detected outside of our galaxy.

(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You can have been personally acquainted with very few of a set of men you condemn so conclusively.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A comparison of photographs has proved conclusively that M. Henri Fournaye and Eduardo Lucas were really one and the same person, and that the deceased had for some reason lived a double life in London and Paris.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Researchers at the Centre for Family Research carried out a meta-analysis, reviewing all published studies in the field, in an attempt to demonstrate conclusively whether there was a link with the way parents think about their child during pregnancy and their behaviour towards them postnatally.

(Mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy may have implications for child’s development, University of Cambridge)