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Webster 1913 Edition

Positively

Pos′i-tive-ly

adv.

In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; – opposed to negatively.

Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and

positively

simply.

Bacon.

Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord,
Before I

positively

speak herein.

Shakespeare

I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not

positively

require humility and meekness.

Sprat.

Positively charged

Positively electrified

(Elec.)

having a charge of positive electricity; – opposed to

negatively charged

Webster 1828 Edition

Positively

POS'ITIVELY

adv.

Absolutely; by itself, independent of any thing else; not comparatively.

Good and evil removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and not positively or simply.

Not negatively; really; in its own nature; directly; inherently. A thing is positively good, when it produces happiness by its own qualities or operation. It is negatively good,when it prevents an evil, or does not produce it.

Certainly; indubitably. This is positively your handwriting.

Directly; explicitly; expressly. The witness testified positively to the fact.

Peremptorily; in strong terms.

The divine law positively requires humility and meekness.

With full confidence or assurance. I cannot speak positively in regard to the fact.

Positively electrified, in the science of electricity. A body is said to be positively electrified or charged with electric matter, when it contains a superabundance of the fluid, and negatively electrified or charged, when some part of the fluid which it naturally contains, has been taken from it.

According to other theorists, when the electric fluid is directed outwards from a body,the substance is electrified positively; but when it is entering or has a tendency to enter another substance, the body is supposed to be negatively electrified. The two species of electricity attract each other, and each repels its own kind.

Definition 2024

positively

English

Adverb

positively ‎(comparative more positively, superlative most positively)

(manner) In a positive manner.
He approached the interview positively.‎
(modal) With certainty.
I will positively be there at 8 a.m.‎
(degree) Very.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
  The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
I had a positively wonderful time.‎