All 3 Uses of
positive
in
Pygmalion
- There can be no question that as a matter of morals it's a positive crime to give this chap a farthing.†
Act 2
- Only, Clara is so down on me if I am not positively reeking with the latest slang.
Act 3 *positively = with certainty; or absolutely (used for emphasis)
- Eliza ended by acquiring an extremely uncommercial script which was a positive extension of her personal beauty, and spending three times as much on stationery as anyone else because certain qualities and shapes of paper became indispensable to her.†
Act 5
Definition:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)