All 9 Uses of
positive
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- I am positive he is foreign, or used to be.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)positive = certain
- 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.
Chpt 3 (definition 2) *positive = good
- He positively snorted at that.
Chpt 3 (definition 1) *positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- The minute I stood up on the riverbank I got covered with them again, positively crawling.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- 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.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- He was positive he was doomed, and there was just no reasoning with him.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)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.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)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.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)positivity = certainty
- We argued about positively everything: even communism!
Chpt 5 (definition 1)positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
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