All 3 Uses of
positive
in
In Cold Blood
- Oh, I don't really miss it-the frenzy, and never a cab, and always worrying how one looks. Positively not.
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- They preferred to believe Bob Johnson, the insurance salesman, who had spent all of Saturday afternoon conferring with Mr. Clutter in the latter's office, and who was "absolutely positive" that from two to ten past six he had been Herb's sole visitor.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)positive = certain
- People were scarcely real to them, in the sense of being warmly or positively (or even angrily) felt about… The three men under sentence of death had shallow emotions regarding their own fate and that of their victims.
Chpt 4 (definition 2) *positively = in a good or beneficial manner
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: had a positive effect) good or beneficial