Definition of Positively

1. Adverb. Extremely. "It was positively monumental"

Language type: Intensifier, Intensive
Partainyms: Positive

2. Adverb. So as to be positive; in a positive manner. "She intended her remarks to be interpreted positively"
Partainyms: Positive

Definition of Positively

1. adv. In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.

Definition of Positively

1. Adverb. (context: manner) In a positive manner. ¹

2. Adverb. (context: modal) With certainty. ¹

3. Adverb. (context: degree) Very. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Positively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Positively

positive magnetic pole
positive measure
positive muon
positive pole
positive recurrence
positive recurrent
positive reinforcement
positive reinforcer
positive reinforcing stimulus
positive sense
positive side waterproofing
positive side waterproofings
positive stimulus
positive transition
positive zero
positively (current term)
positively charged
positiveness
positivenesses
positiver
positives
positivest
positivism
positivisms
positivist
positivistic
positivists
positivities
positivity
positon

Literary usage of Positively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Attempts were made to find some effect with positively charged bodies, but without success. 29. N"ot only metals, but also sulphur and black rubber, ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and one of the armatures (or one pair), say the right-hand one, is electrified in any manner, let us say positively, and the disc set in rotation. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... which is, that if the dragoons had obeyed their orders, and not have fired and fallen upon the enemy, which was positively against the General's orders ..."

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