All 11 Uses of
positive
in
The Idiot
- At last, however, on the repeated positive assurance that he really was Prince Muishkin, and must absolutely see the general on business, the bewildered domestic showed him into a little ante-chamber leading to a waiting-room that adjoined the general's study, there handing him over to another servant, whose duty it was to be in this ante-chamber all the morning, and announce visitors to the general.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- The first time I met an example of this handwriting, I was positively astonished, and where do you think I chanced to find it?†
Chpt 1.3
- "You must really excuse me," interrupted the general, "but I positively haven't another moment now.†
Chpt 1.3
- At the foot of the ladder he had been pale enough; but when he set foot on the scaffold at the top, his face suddenly became the colour of paper, positively like white notepaper.†
Chpt 1.5
- Oh, but, positively, you know—a hundred thousand roubles!†
Chpt 1.16
- Gavrila Ardalionovitch has just told me of his discovery, and assures me that he has positive proofs.†
Chpt 2.8
- Please note that we have positive proofs!†
Chpt 2.8
- The girls stood apart, almost frightened; their father was positively horrified.†
Chpt 2.9
- Oh, my dear prince," Lebedeff added most emphatically, "I do not positively assert that he has….†
Chpt 3.9
- By Jove! it was positively a mercy that he died when he did—it was indeed—everyone said so at the time.†
Chpt 4.7
- I have heard it said positively.†
Chpt 4.10
Definition:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)