Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a definite manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Without question and beyond doubt.
- adverb In a
definite manner;decisively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without question and beyond doubt
Etymologies
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Examples
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Borderline cases, symptomatic of vagueness, are cases to which the predicate neither definitely applies nor definitely doesn't apply, where ˜definitely™ is now given a semantic analysis as opposed to an epistemic one.
Sorites Paradox Hyde, Dominic 2005
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But her name definitely has a better meaning than mine does.
Sincerely Courtney Sheinmel 2010
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But her name definitely has a better meaning than mine does.
Sincerely Courtney Sheinmel 2010
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The title definitely hurt Zack & Miri, which is a little ridiculous.
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It is a cliche to say "groundbreaking" but it works on so many levels the term definitely applies.
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 82 - The Top 10 Films of 2009 | /Film 2009
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The term definitely has religious overtones just google it.
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Nowadays, the term definitely is either self mocking or derisive depending on who uses it.
Activist Judges 2004
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The idea of playing with your food is always appealing and using something that has the word "rake" in the title definitely falls into that category.
The Kitchn 2010
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Co-conference chair Jennifer Pahlka from TechWeb acknowledged that the title definitely seemed to get under people's skin.
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This definitely is an "apples-and-oranges" comparison.
Wayne Hale: NASA Can Provide the Inspiration - NASA Watch 2009
bilby commented on the word definitely
A word with its own web page, indeed its own domain. There's one peeved pedant out there somewhere.
June 17, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word definitely
So someone is paying 30 $ a year for a page like that? Definately crazy.
June 17, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word definitely
Maybe sales of the mug make it self-sustaining. Their shop is a bit better stocked than the Wordie merch shop, so presumably somebody's buying.
June 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word definitely
Stein? Teddy bear? Classic thong? Definetly.
June 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word definitely
Classic...?
Oh, never mind.
June 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word definitely
I would definantly buy from that shop, jus perhaps not the "classic thong".
June 18, 2008
seanahan commented on the word definitely
That's totally worth $30 a year.
June 19, 2008
xxxciter commented on the word definitely
misspelled as "definately" (-- think "DEFINITE" plus "-ly")
November 19, 2008