All 16 Uses of
positive
in
Catch-22
- A superfluous major on his rolls meant an untidy table of organization and gave ammunition to the men at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters who Colonel Cathcart was positive were his enemies and rivals.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)positive = certain
- Everyone was positive the disease had been inflicted upon the poor officer in retribution by Major — de Coverley, although no one was sure how.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- When he contemplated the many diseases and potential accidents threatening him, he was positively astounded that he had managed to survive in good health for as long as he had.
Chpt 17 (definition 1)positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- Why can't we take a more positive approach? Why can't we all pray for something good, like a tighter bomb pattern, for example?
Chpt 19 (definition 2) *positive = optimistic
- He was positive that General Dreedle had never forgotten it, even though he was positive that General Dreedle didn't even remember it, which was really very unjust, Colonel Cathcart lamented, since the idea of a skeet-shooting range itself should have been a real feather in his cap, even though it had been such a real black eye.
Chpt 19 (definition 1)positive = certain
- He was positive that General Dreedle had never forgotten it, even though he was positive that General Dreedle didn't even remember it, which was really very unjust, Colonel Cathcart lamented, since the idea of a skeet-shooting range itself should have been a real feather in his cap, even though it had been such a real black eye.
Chpt 19 (definition 1)
- It's amazing, positively amazing.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- So many monstrous events were occurring that he was no longer positive which events were monstrous and which were really taking place.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)positive = certain
- He had just opened with one of his most trusted paradoxes, and he was positively alarmed that not the slightest flicker of acknowledgment had moved across that impervious face, which began to remind him suddenly, in hue and texture, of an unused soap eraser.
Chpt 29 (definition 1)positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- Yes, positively beautiful.
Chpt 29 (definition 1) *
- It was impossible to be positive that Dobbs had killed him, for when Yossarian plugged his headset back in, Dobbs was already on the intercom pleading for someone to go up front and help the bombardier.
Chpt 30 (definition 1)positive = certain
- But he did feel good; he felt positively marvelous.
Chpt 34 (definition 1)positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- 'The price,' said Milo, 'was outrageous — positively exorbitant!'
Chpt 35 (definition 1)
- Yossarian was positive that he was at last rid of her and was relieved.
Chpt 38 (definition 1)positive = certain
- Catch22 did not exist, he was positive of that, but it made no difference.
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- 'Certainly I would,' he added a few moments later, in a less positive manner.
Chpt 42 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
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(2) (positive as in: a positive attitude) optimistic (expecting or focusing good things); or agreeable