Both Uses of
positive
in
Fahrenheit 451
- At the last moment, when disaster seemed positive, he pulled his hands from his pockets and broke his fall by grasping the golden pole.
p. 2..5 *positive = certain
- The only thing I positively knew was gone was the books I'd burned in ten or twelve years.
p. 78..7positively = with certainty
Definition:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)