Definition of POSITIVELY

positively

Meanings

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.

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 is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
positively is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
positively is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

positively is a valid Words With Friends word