Satisfactorily vs Positively - What's the difference?
satisfactorily | positively |
(manner) In a positive manner.
(modal) With certainty.
(degree) Very.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1
As adverbs the difference between satisfactorily and positively
is that satisfactorily is in a satisfactory manner, in a manner adequate to requirements while positively is In a positive manner.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.}}