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definitely

English

Etymology

definite +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?d?f.?n?t.li/, /?d?f.?n?t.li/, /?d?f.n?t.li/

Adverb

definitely (comparative more definitely, superlative most definitely)

  1. Without question and beyond doubt.
    She said she wasn't coming, definitely.
  2. In a definite manner; decisively.
    • 1912, Joseph Conrad, A Personal Record Chapter IV
      It was really impossible on board that ship to get away definitely from Almayer
    • 1916, Claud Field (translator), Nikolai Gogol, The Nose, (1836)
      And the Nose definitely turned away.
    • 2003, Herbert Mitgang, Once Upon a Time in New York (page 187)
      And these Elders were men of good standing in that community, and they swore definitely before the counsel that this lady committed this impropriety, and there was nobody to gainsay that, except the lady herself, []

Translations

See also

  • definitively
  • absolutely

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definitively

English

Etymology

definitive +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??f?n?t?vli/

Adverb

definitively (comparative more definitively, superlative most definitively)

  1. In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.

Translations

See also

  • definitely

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