Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Determinately; positively; expressly.
- Finally; conclusively: as, the points between the parties are definitively settled.
- So as to have or exist in a definitive location (which see, under
definitive ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a definitive manner.
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- adverb in a
definitive manner
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Examples
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The marketing most definitively is not very good and the movie seems to be on the same page. joshi38
Tron 2 Renamed? Possible Plot Information Revealed! | /Film 2008
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If he wanted to win definitively he would have cooperated with the DNC and Hillary Clinton to come up with a way to count the votes in Florida and Michigan.
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Church of Persia cut itself off definitively from the Greek Churches.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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I was safe out of his power, and my reputation unsullied, when he made this prayer; I returned, and five months after this letter we were again definitively parted.
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Tanner said he still did not know if the phone call definitively implicated a fourth person in the incident.
Island Packet: Home 2010
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To get this definitively from the quote, you have to put a lot of words into people’s mouths.
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But to rule out the idea definitively would prejudice the options of future Iraqi governments and American administrations.
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Robert Fiske's piece that started this, if you read it closely we don't know definitively, which is not a knock on Fiske necessarily because such a thing is hard to prove, if true. a massive firm with 600 attorneys spread across nine locations.
The Guardian World News Michael Tomasky 2011
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I can't say definitively, which is sad, because not only am I going to miss doing them, but also working with John.
Jezebel Margaret 2010
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"It may be that this month represents the bottom but there is no economic anchor to allow us to make that call definitively," said Ford economist Emily Kolinksi Morris.
Signs of the Times 2009
doubtingthomas commented on the word definitively
I was telling my wife about a conversation I had with a store clerk, and I used the word definitively, and she asked if the clerk really said "definitively". I had to think for a moment to realize that no, what he was said was "for sure". Why would I do that? It was totally unintentional.
December 22, 2006
seanahan commented on the word definitively
Because you didn't want to sound like an oafish store clerk?
December 22, 2006