All 10 Uses of
positive
in
The Bean Trees
- It was the kind of thing I'm positive could make you go blind if you kept it up, but luckily there were not that many people in Pittman County who needed their platelets counted on any given day.
Chpt 1. (definition 1)positive = certain
- It's just about proof-positive that he's from a broken home, don't you think?
Chpt 5. (definition 1)
- She was positive I'd be a natural at tires.
Chpt 6. (definition 1)
- I always tried to be positive with her, although I'd learned that even compliments were a kind of insult to Lou Ann, causing her to wrinkle her face and advise me to make an appointment with an eye doctor.
Chpt 7. (definition 2) *positive = indicating approval or agreement
- That was proof positive you were a Nutter.
Chpt 9. (definition 1) *positive = certain
- But he was an angel, I'm positive -- he had wings.
Chpt 11. (definition 1)
- Damn it, Lou Ann, you've been telling me till you were blue in the face to do something, take action, think positive, blah, blah, blah.
Chpt 13. (definition 3)positive = optimistically
- I'm trying to think positive here.
Chpt 13. (definition 3) *
- I was positive I wouldn't recognize the place, if it was even still there, but as soon as I laid eyes on it I knew.
Chpt 14. (definition 1)positive = certain
- He spoke very slowly, the way people often speak to not-very-bright children and foreigners, although I'm positive that Mr. Armistead had no inkling that the Two Two family came from any farther away than the Cherokee Nation.
Chpt 16. (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: positive feedback from my boss) approval or agreement
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(3) (positive as in: a positive attitude) optimistic (expecting or focusing good things); or agreeable