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[ def-uh-nit-lee ] / ˈdɛf ə nɪt li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR definitely ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbin a clear and definite manner; unambiguously. unequivocally; positively. interjection(used to express complete agreement or strong affirmation): Are you starting your diet tomorrow? Definitely! Origin of definitelyFirst recorded in 1575–85; definite + -ly SYNONYMS FOR definitelySEE SYNONYMS FOR definitely ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for definitely1. See clearly. Words nearby definitelydefining moment, definite, definite article, definite description, definite integral, definitely, definite relative clause, definite relative pronoun, definition, definitions, definitive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for definitelyThe lascivious sex predator is out; the deep-pocketed caped crusader is most definitely in. Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST And there is definitely something to finding solace in food, familiarity, and memory. Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Like, the party was definitely over, but we just kept taking drugs anyway [laughs]. Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll|James Joiner|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST “Now they will definitely lock Navalny in prison,” one of the women in the crowd said. Russia’s Rebel In Chief Escapes House Arrest|Anna Nemtsova|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, it is the most traditional and celebrated Christmas cake in Germany—and definitely not associated with fasting. One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts|Molly Hannon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST We see that the prophet had now definitely emerged from the old position of “seer.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2|Various This whole situation must be as definitely conceived as if a part of a play. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue|S. S. Curry On the second occasion, now a little more accustomed to the idea, he replied "Probably" and on the third "Yes, definitely." Tartarin de Tarascon|Alphonse Daudet In this way we can obtain either uniform or definitely graduated stimuli. Response in the Living and Non-Living|Jagadis Chunder Bose The entrance to this passage has now disappeared, so that the exact locality is not definitely known. Historic Homes|Mary H. Northend
British Dictionary definitions for definitely
adverbin a definite manner (sentence modifier) certainlyhe said he was coming, definitely sentence substituteunquestionably: used to confirm an assumption by a questioner Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to definitelydoubtless, easily, plainly, absolutely, decidedly, obviously, finally, unquestionably, surely, clearly, unequivocally, undeniably, expressly, far and away, indubitably, positively, specifically, without question, doubtlessly, categorically |