1 used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially when this is surprising or when it contrasts with a previous statement:
Some diets may be positively dangerous. * The instructions were not just confusing, they were positively misleading. * Tonight's performance is positively the last time the band will appear together.
2 in a way that shows you are thinking of the good things about a situation, not the bad:
Very few of those interviewed spoke positively about their childhood. * Thinking positively is one way of dealing with stress.
OPPNEGATIVELY
3 in a way that shows you approve of, or agree with sth/sb:
Investors reacted positively to news of the takeover.
OPPNEGATIVELY
4 in a way that leaves no possibility of doubt
SYNCONCLUSIVELY:
Her attacker has now been positively identified by police.
5 (technical) in a way that contains or produces the type of electricity that is opposite to that carried by an ELECTRON:
positively charged protons
OPPNEGATIVELY
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is positively a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, positively is tagged as adverb.
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