How do you pronounce positively?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɪv.li/.

Where does positively come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

positively

/ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɪv.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: pos-i-tive-ly
IPA: /ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɪv.li/

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Meaning

adv

In a positive manner.

adv

With certainty.

adv

Absolutely; utterly.

adv

Very.

Example Sentences

"He approached the interview positively."
"There’s nothing – not. one. thing. – that Trump could do or say that would be received positively by TDSers."
"I will positively be there at 8 a.m."
"The carriage nearly overturned, and he saw her eyes blaze at him, and she positively hissed, “I suppose you are enjoying this?”"
"[…] Easter Sunday, for all its traditions, is a gladless day in London. There is positively nothing to do."
"She talked and laughed and positively forgot until he had come in (just as she had imagined) that Pearl Fulton had not turned up."

Etymology

From Middle English positively, equivalent to positive + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: positively

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɑ.zɪ.tɪv.li/
British English: /ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɪv.li/

Inflected Forms

more positively (comparative) most positively (superlative)

Derived Forms

absatively absitively absotively nonpositively photopositively posilutely positutely posolutely

Phrases

absitively posolutely

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