Positively

//ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɪv.li// adv

adv ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a positive manner.

    "He approached the interview positively."

  2. 2
    With certainty. modal

    "I will positively be there at 8 a.m."

  3. 3
    Absolutely; utterly.

    "[…] Easter Sunday, for all its traditions, is a gladless day in London. There is positively nothing to do."

  4. 4
    Very.

    "I had a positively wonderful time."

Adverb
  1. 1
    downright wordnet
  2. 2
    so as to be positive; in a positive manner wordnet

Synonyms

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definitelya bitabsolutelycategoricallycompletelyquite

Example

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"Philosophy is a science, and as such has no articles of faith; accordingly, in it nothing can be assumed as existing except what is either positively given empirically, or demonstrated through indubitable conclusions."

Etymology

From Middle English positively, equivalent to positive + -ly.

Related phrases

absitively posolutely

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