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1 —1 use as in:
I'm absolutely positive!
Definition
certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
- —and young Guest so very fascinating; and, they say, he positively worships her (to be sure, that can't last!7.2 — Book 7 Chapter 2 — St. Ogg's Passes Judgment (8% in)
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- The very fact that he feared and half expected it would be sure to make this thought rush in, in the absence of positive proof to the contrary.6.7 — Book 6 Chapter 7 — Philip Re-enters (19% in)
- And he had really given himself the trouble of recommending Mr. Stelling to his friend Tulliver without any positive expectation of a solid, definite advantage resulting to himself, notwithstanding the subtle indications to the contrary which might have misled a too-sagacious observer.1.3 — Book 1 Chapter 3 — Mr. Riley Gives His Advice Concerning.... (80% in)
- Tom was only thirteen, and had no decided views in grammar and arithmetic, regarding them for the most part as open questions, but he was particularly clear and positive on one point,—namely, that he would punish everybody who deserved it.1.5 — Book 1 Chapter 5 — Tom Comes Home (63% in)
- His first impulse was to give a positive refusal, but he was in some awe of Tom's wishes, and since he had the sense of being an "unlucky" father, he had lost some of his old peremptoriness and determination to be master.5.2 — Book 5 Chapter 2 — Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob's Thumb (21% in)
- Not when that girl is as tranquil-hearted as Lucy, thoroughly possessed with a belief that she knows the state of her companions' affections, and not prone to the feelings which shake such a belief in the absence of positive evidence against it.6.6 — Book 6 Chapter 6 — Illustrating the Laws of Attraction (38% in)
- She moved her arm from the table, urged to change her position by that positive physical oppression at the heart that sometimes accompanies a sudden mental pang.6.7 — Book 6 Chapter 7 — Philip Re-enters (37% in)
- But to minds strongly marked by the positive and negative qualities that create severity,—strength of will, conscious rectitude of purpose, narrowness of imagination and intellect, great power of self-control, and a disposition to exert control over others,—prejudices come as the natural food of tendencies which can get no sustenance out of that complex, fragmentary, doubt-provoking knowledge which we call truth.6.12 — Book 6 Chapter 12 — A Family Party (87% in)
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