All 3 Uses of
positive
in
Childhood's End
- At the worst, Stormgren did not see that any positive harm could be done.†
Chpt 2
- The Overlords had imposed few positive bans on any form of human activity (the conduct of war was perhaps the major exception), but research into space flight had virtually ceased.†
Chpt 8
- He would evade awkward queries in a manner that was a pleasure to behold, and then, quite unexpectedly, would become positively confiding.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)