All 5 Uses of
positive
in
Jane Eyre
- I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday.
Chpt 5positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- A rude noise broke on these fine ripplings and whisperings, at once so far away and so clear: a positive tramp, tramp, a metallic clatter, which effaced the soft wave-wanderings; as, in a picture, the solid mass of a crag, or the rough boles of a great oak, drawn in dark and strong on the foreground, efface the aerial distance of azure hill, sunny horizon, and blended clouds where tint melts into tint.
Chpt 12positive = certain
- "Positively, I don't care about it: it is nothing to me."
Chpt 19 *positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- A certain superciliousness of look, coolness of manner, nonchalance of tone, express fully their sentiments on the point, without committing them by any positive rudeness in word or deed.
Chpt 21positive = certain
- I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt.
Chpt 34positive = absolute (used for emphasis)
Definition:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)