Word Meanings - POSITIVELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively. Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. Bacon. Give

Additional info about word: POSITIVELY

In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively. Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. Bacon. Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I positively speak herein. Shak. I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not positively require humility and meekness. Sprat. Positively charged or electrified , having a charge of positive electricity; -- opposed to Ant: negatively electrified.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of POSITIVELY)

• Actually
• Verity
• truly
• decidedly
• assuredly
• positively
• Certainly
• Surely
• unquestionably

Related words: (words related to POSITIVELY)

• TRULY
  1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here. Shak. 2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight
• VERITY
  1. The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality. "The verity of certain words." Shak. It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while
• DECIDEDLY
  In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
• ASSUREDLY
  Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.
• POSITIVELY
  In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively. Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. Bacon. Give
• SURELY
  1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly. In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii.
• ACTUALLY
  1. Actively. "Neither actually . . . nor passively." Fuller. 2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
• CERTAINLY
  Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
• UNCERTAINLY
  In an uncertain manner.
• LEISURELY
  Characterized by leisure; taking abundant tome; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
• SEVERITY
  The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: -- Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. "Strict age,
• DISPOSITIVELY
  In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. Sir T. Browne. Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.