All 9 Uses of
positive
in
The Glass Castle
- Fussing over children who cry only encourages them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
p. 28..3 (definition 1) *positive = beneficial (providing a benefit)
- "Hell, my presence here has a positively elevating effect compared to you mangy coyotes," Dad would yell back.
p. 55..8 (definition 2)positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- I was in no mood to hear one of her lectures about the power of positive thinking.
p. 140..1 (definition 3)positive = optimistic (focusing on good things)
- He was bathing in it, wallowing in it, positively luxuriating in it, his flickering tail hanging over the side of the bowl, flinging sugar across the table.
p. 155..9 (definition 2)positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
- At times she'd be happy for days on end, announcing that she had decided to think only positive thoughts, because if you think positive thoughts, then positive things will happen to you.
p. 207..4 (definition 3)positive = optimistic (focusing on good things)
- At times she'd be happy for days on end, announcing that she had decided to think only positive thoughts, because if you think positive thoughts, then positive things will happen to you.
p. 207..4 (definition 3)
- At times she'd be happy for days on end, announcing that she had decided to think only positive thoughts, because if you think positive thoughts, then positive things will happen to you.
p. 207..4 (definition 1)positive = good or beneficial
- But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.
p. 207..4 (definition 3) *positive = optimistic (focusing on good things)
- She positively glowed as she told me about the hot meals and the hot showers and all the friends she'd made.
p. 218..2 (definition 2) *positively = absolutely (used for emphasis)
Definitions:
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(1) (positive as in: had a positive effect) good or beneficial
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(2) (positive as in: I'm absolutely positive!) certain (having no doubt; or used for emphasis)
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(3) (positive as in: a positive attitude) optimistic (expecting or focusing good things); or agreeable