What is the difference between positively and absolutely?
positively | absolutely |
(manner) In a positive manner.
(modal) With certainty.
(degree) Very.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.
(grammar) In a manner that does not take an object.
As adverbs the difference between positively and absolutely
is that positively is In a positive manner while absolutely is in an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.As an interjection absolutely is
yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.positively
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=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.}}