POSITIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does positively mean? 

• POSITIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb POSITIVELY has 2 senses:

1. extremely

2. so as to be positive; in a positive manner

  Familiarity information: POSITIVELY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSITIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely

Context example:

it was positively monumental

Domain usage:

intensifier; intensive (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies)

Pertainym:

positive (persuaded of; very sure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

So as to be positive; in a positive manner

Context example:

she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively

Pertainym:

positive (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.)

 Context examples 

The only member of our small society who positively refused to adapt himself to circumstances, was Jip.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As positively charged amines, spermine and spermidine interact with DNA and may exert some of their effects through this interaction.

(Biosynthesis of Spermidine and Spermine Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Positively, I don't care about it: it is nothing to me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I declare positively it is quite shocking.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Positively charged electrons are called positrons.

(Electron, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

I positively opened my eyes at this new development.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

There is nothing the matter with you, Mr. Eden, he said, positively nothing the matter with you.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You have a big month next month, so rest up while you can—December could be positively life changing.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We've strongly suspected that hydrogen sulfide gas was influencing the millimeter and radio spectrum of Uranus for some time, but we were unable to attribute the absorption needed to identify it positively.

(What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs, NASA)

In this process, they emit a slight electrical charge as an enzyme moves positively charged molecules — potassium and sodium ions — through the cell membrane.

(Neurons absorb and release water when firing, National Institutes of Health)