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.
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Positively
//ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɪv.li//
Synonyms for "positively" (278 found)
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Strong matches (83)
Related words (139)
literallyliteratimmais ouimanifestlymeanmost assuredlymost certainlynaturallynaturellementnothing else butnoticeablyobservablyobviouslyof courseokokayonceouipatentlyplumb
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point blankpoint-blankpreciselypredicativelyquiteratherreallyrightrightorigidlyrigorouslyrogersensiblyseriouslysquaresquarelystraightstrictlysuresure thingsurelythoroughlyto a certaintyto be sureto the lettertrulyunambiguouslyundeniablyunder oathundeviatinglyundoubtedlyunequivocallyunerringlyunmistakablyunquestionablyverballyverbatimverbatim et litteratimverilyveritablyvery wellvisiblywell and goodwhy yeswith emphasiswithout doubtword by wordword for wordyeayeahyepyesyes indeedyes indeedyyes siryes sirree
Adverb(63 words)
lockmainmightilymurrainone hundred percentout and outout-and-outoutrightparticularlypassingperfectlyplumbprettyproperlypurelyquestionlesslyroot and branchself-evidentlysimplysore
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sorelysoundlysoup-to-nutsspeciallystockstraight upstronglysuresurelyswiththe house downthrough and throughto the boneto the coreto the fulltop to tailtop to toetotallytotestout à faittrulyunarguablyunconditionallyundeniablyundoubtablyundoubtedlyunivocallyunquestionablyutterlyvastlyveryvery muchwayway toowell and trulywholewhole clothwhollywickedwickedlywithout a doubtwithout doubtwithout question
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1 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θετικῶς adv (in a positive manner)
Bulgarian
3 entries- категорично adv (with certainty)
- несъмнено adv (with certainty)
- положително adv (in a positive manner)
Catalan
1 entries- positivament adv (in a positive manner)
Czech
2 entries- kladně adv (in a positive manner)
- pozitivně adv (in a positive manner)
Dutch
3 entries- positief adv (in a positive manner)
- positief adv (very)
- zeker adv (with certainty)
Estonian
1 entries- positiivselt adv (in a positive manner)
Finnish
4 entries- erinomaisen adv (very)
- erittäin adv (very)
- myönteisesti adv (in a positive manner)
- positiivisesti adv (in a positive manner)
German
4 entries- bejahend adv (in a positive manner)
- bestimmt adv (with certainty)
- definitiv adv (with certainty)
- eindeutig adv (with certainty)
Greek
1 entries- θετικά adv (in a positive manner)
Hindi
4 entries- असल में adv (with certainty)
- ज़रूर से adv (with certainty)
- निश्चयेन adv (with certainty)
- यक़ीन adv (with certainty)
Hungarian
1 entries- pozitívan adv (in a positive manner)
Italian
1 entries- positivamente adv (in a positive manner)
Polish
1 entries- pozytywnie adv (in a positive manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- certamente adv (with certainty)
- positivamente adv (in a positive manner)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- дефинитивно adv (with certainty)
Slovak
4 entries- isto adv (with certainty)
- kladne adv (in a positive manner)
- pozitívne adv (in a positive manner)
- pozitívne adv (with certainty)
Spanish
3 entries- de todas maneras adv (with certainty)
- inequívocamente adv (with certainty)
- terminantemente adv (with certainty)
Turkish
1 entries- olumlu adv (in a positive manner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- позити́вно adv (in a positive manner)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
If you could think positively every day, it would help you to live a lot better.
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You're positively glowing.
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The good team spirit in the work group is valued positively.
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