POSITIVE in THE POISONWOOD BIBLE

2 meanings, 9 uses

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1 —8 uses as in:
I'm absolutely positive!

Definition

certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)

positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

positive = certain

positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)

The minute I stood up on the riverbank I got covered with them again, positively crawling.
Book 3 — Judges (93% in)

positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)

You could hear it all sizzling and crispy and juicy, and I have to confess when dinnertime came I did eat a few small bites, but only because I was positively weak with hunger.
Book 4 — Bel and the Serpent (67% in)

positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)

He was positive he was doomed, and there was just no reasoning with him.
Book 4 — Bel and the Serpent (69% in)

positive = certain

Especially Robine, who is Catholic and from Paris, France, and will positively not eat dessert with the same fork she used at dinner.
Book 5 — Exodus (18% in)

positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)

I can tell you with absolute positivity that I am soon going to be Mrs. Daniel Attaché-to-the-Ambassador DuPrée.
Book 5 — Exodus (36% in)

positivity = certainty

There are no more uses of "positive" flagged with this meaning in The Poisonwood Bible.

Typical Usage (best examples)

2 —1 use as in:
had a positive effect

Definition

good or beneficial

He views Leah's bow and arrows as a positive development in our household after so many other discouraging ones, such as the death, for all practical purposes, of Ruth May.
Book 3 — Judges (71% in)

positive = good

There are no more uses of "positive" flagged with this meaning in The Poisonwood Bible.

Typical Usage (best examples)

positive used in The Poisonwood Bible