positively
Adverb
- extremely
- "it was positively monumental"
- so as to be positive; in a positive manner
- "she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively"
Adv
- In a positive manner.
- With certainty.
- Absolutely; utterly.
- Very.
Examples
- He approached the interview positively.
- I had a positively wonderful time.
- I will positively be there at 8 a.m.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English positively, equivalent to positive + -ly.
Synonyms
absolutely, abundantly, all the way, all too, all-out, altogether, and barrel, and sinker, assuredly, at large, at length, but good, cap-a-pie, categorically, certainly, completely, decisively, definitely, detailly, doubtless, doubtlessly, downright, eminently, entirely, ever so, ex facie, exceedingly, excessively, exhaustively, extremely, finally, first and last, flat out, flat-out, fo shizzle, for a fact, for certain, for sure, from A to Z, from aardvark to zymurgy, from head to toe, from soup to nuts, from stem to stern, from the rooter to the tooter, from top to bottom, from top to toe, fully, greatly, head to foot, head to tail, head to toe, heartily, highly, hook, in detail, in full, in spades, indisputably, indubitably, line, lock, main, mightily, murrain, one hundred percent, out and out, out-and-out, outright, particularly, passing, perfectly, plumb, positively, pretty, purely, questionlessly, quite, right, root and branch, self-evidently, simply, sore, soundly, soup-to-nuts, specially, stock, strongly, sure, surely, swith, through and through, to the bone, to the core, to the full, top to tail, top to toe, totally, totes, truly, unarguably, unconditionally, undeniably, undoubtably, undoubtedly, univocally, unquestionably, utterly, vastly, very, very much, way, way too, well and truly, whole, whole cloth, wholly, wicked, without a doubt, without doubt, without question
Scrabble Score: 18
positively: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpositively: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
positively: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary