All 6 Uses of

positive
in
Gone with the Wind

Chancellorsville might be a more important victory but the capture of Streight's raiders made the Yankees positively ridiculous.†
Chpt 2.14

positively = with certainty

Her sharp trading was shocking, especially when her poor mother had been a Robillard, and it was positively indecent the way she kept on going about the streets when everyone knew she was pregnant.
Chpt 4.38

positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)

It swelled in her bosom until it positively ached with pleasure, ached as with a burden of joyful, hot, unshed tears.
Chpt 5.53 *

positively = with certainty; or absolutely (used for emphasis)

No," said Bonnie positively and climbed upon Rhett's lap.†
Chpt 5.57

positively = with certainty

Everyone was smoldering, and it would have been a positive triumph for Scarlett, except for Ashley.†
Chpt 1.6

Definitions:

(1) (positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!)
certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
(2) (positive as in: had a positive effect)
good or beneficial
(3) (positive as in: positive feedback from my boss)
approval or agreement
(4) (positive as in: a positive attitude)
optimistic (expecting or focusing on good things); or agreeable
(5) (positive as in: The test came back positive.)
found a condition or substance to be present
indicating the presence of something being tested for -- especially a disease, condition, or substance
(6) (positive as in: a positive number)
greater than zero (of a number)
(7) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

See a comprehensive dictionary for less common meanings of positive including some in the fields of electricity, physics, chemistry, medicine, philosophy, and grammar. Note that most all senses of positive indicate that something is good or present.