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# positively

adverb (positively)

«positively» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a hopeful, good or approving way: «She answered positively.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#m1)
2. (emphatic) Really, completely, truly: «It was positively freezing.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#m2)
3. Certainly, without any doubt: «I positively know he was there.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#m3)
4. (maths, science) In the positive direction or with a plus charge: «a positively charged particle». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#m4)

### In the lessons

Teachers praise children who «think positively» and «respond positively» to advice. In science, protons are positively charged; in maths, a number above zero is positive. In talk, «positively» makes an adjective stronger: «positively delicious». Phrases: «think positively», «react positively», «positively charged».

### Examples

- Try to think positively before the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x1)
- The coach reacted positively to our new idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x2)
- The soup was positively delicious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x3)
- It was positively freezing at the bus stop this morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x4)
- A proton is positively charged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x5)
- I can positively say I locked the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x6)
- The class spoke positively about the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x7)
- The magnet's end is positively charged in this picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x8)
- As to weeds, there positively was not one to be seen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/#x9)

### Note

Adverb from «positive». The emphatic sense («positively huge») is informal. In maths and science «positive» means greater than zero or with a plus sign; «positively correlated» means both go up together. Opposite: «negatively».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «positively» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/positively/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«positively» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/positively.html) on Mova free.