positively Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb extremely
    • it was positively monumental
  2. adverb so as to be positive; in a positive manner
    • she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively

WordNet

Pos"i*tive*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
    Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. Bacon.
    Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I positively speak herein. Shak.
    I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not positively require humility and meekness. Sprat.

Webster 1913