All 3 Uses of
positive
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- How can anyone maintain a positive mental attitude if you're saying things like that?
Chpt 7 (definition 1) *positive = optimistic
- "My God," complained Arthur, "you're talking about a positive mental attitude and you haven't even had your planet demolished today."
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- Eventually, of course, after their Galaxy had been decimated over a few thousand years, it was realized that the whole thing had been a ghastly mistake, and so the two opposing battle fleets settled their few remaining differences in order to launch a joint attack on our own Galaxy—now positively identified as the source of the offending remark.
Chpt 31 (definition 2) *positively = with certainty
Definitions:
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(1) (positive as in: a positive attitude) optimistic (expecting or focusing good things); or agreeable
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(2) (positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)