All 4 Uses of
positive
in
The House of Mirth
- I'm expected to take hints, not to give them: I've positively lived on them all these last months."†
Chpt 2.2
- There was something positively exasperating in Bertha's attitude of isolated defiance.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- She had not tried to see Dorset alone: she had positively shrunk from a renewal of his confidences.†
Chpt 2.3
- If he had positive proof, I mean——†
Chpt 2.5
Definition:
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(positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)