Sentence examples similar to categorical reply from inspiring English sources

He also insisted that the board have "full confidence" in the coach but, asked whether the Italian would be there next season, he failed to give a categorical answer, replying: "Look, I said what I said, whether Marca likes it or not".

Questions about safety generated categorical answers (yes or not), whereas quality was assessed by a question with categorical answer addressing visibility (normal/compromised) and a question with quantitative reply addressing general quality, ranging between 1 and 10 (best), as a Likert scale.

There can be no categorical answer.

Predictably, Gingrich's first question concerned his second wife's claim that he had asked her permission to openly conduct affairs, and Newt replied with a categorical denial combined with a scolding of the media for stooping to the gutter.

The answer is categorical: "All of them".

The reply given in an unsworn statement by Bobby Moore was less than categorical: "There were quite a few members of the English football team in the foyer of the hotel and when Mr Charlton and I entered the jewellers' shop it may have been possible that other members of the team were round the door of the shop.

The questionnaires consisted mainly of quantitative and categorical answering options, but also some open questions with the opportunity to comment and give more extensive replies.

His assertion was categorical.

That's categorical," she said.

That sounds vigorous and categorical.

But others are less categorical.