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Positively vs Undoubtedly - What's the difference?

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Positively is a related term of undoubtedly.


As adverbs the difference between positively and undoubtedly

is that positively is (manner)  in a positive manner while undoubtedly is without doubt.

positively

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (manner)  In a positive manner.
  • (modal)  With certainty.
  • (degree)  Very.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 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.}}

    Synonyms

    * (with certainty) definitely, categorically, decisively, unconditionally

    See also

    * absitively posolutely English degree adverbs English manner adverbs English modal adverbs

    undoubtedly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Without doubt.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}

    Synonyms

    * indubitably * unquestionably * doubtlessly * undoubtably