All 3 Uses of
negative
in
Nineteen Minutes
- In those cases, the comfort quotient became a negative number, and doing what came habitually actually detracted from happiness.
Chpt 1 (definition 1) *negative = less than zero
- It was the flip side to the passion that made her feel as if she'd gone electric inside-just directed, negatively, at someone weak.
Chpt 1 (definition 2) *negatively = in a bad or harmful manner
- When Lacy stepped into a delivery room, she felt poisonous, too negative to be the one to welcome another human being to this world.
Chpt 1 (definition 3) *negative = pessimistic or disagreeable
Definitions:
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(1) (negative as in: a negative number) less than zero
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(2) (negative as in: had a negative effect) bad or harmful
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(3) (negative as in: a negative attitude) pessimistic (emphasizing bad things) or disagreeable