Definition of definitively in English:
definitively
adverb dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvlidəˈfɪnədɪvli
Decisively and with authority; conclusively.
the benefits of this therapy have never been definitively proven
only a large clinical trial can definitively answer the question
Example sentencesExamples
- It is highly plausible, if not definitively established, that he knew the painter in person.
- When the terms involved are so vague, such arguments are easy to make and hard to definitively disprove.
- He said he found it unnecessary to deal definitively with the point on that occasion.
- No article or book can definitively assess the environmental stewardship of all industries.
- Current fast-breaking technological advances may bring them together to definitively solve the conundrum.
- Since little is definitively resolved in Hamilton's works, the novel could reflect the indeterminacy of meaning in modern novels.
- This is especially true for Italian literature, as Dionisotti has definitively argued.
- But the question of which of the two conceptions is ultimately superior is not one that I shall attempt to settle definitively here.
- The issue has been further complicated by a raft of severe financial problems, which have yet to be resolved definitively.
- Elsewhere, though, the new accessible direction works definitively in the band's favor.
Definition of definitively in US English:
definitively
adverbdəˈfɪnədɪvlidəˈfinədivlē
Decisively and with authority; conclusively.
the benefits of this therapy have never been definitively proven
only a large clinical trial can definitively answer the question
Example sentencesExamples
- The issue has been further complicated by a raft of severe financial problems, which have yet to be resolved definitively.
- This is especially true for Italian literature, as Dionisotti has definitively argued.
- He said he found it unnecessary to deal definitively with the point on that occasion.
- Current fast-breaking technological advances may bring them together to definitively solve the conundrum.
- Since little is definitively resolved in Hamilton's works, the novel could reflect the indeterminacy of meaning in modern novels.
- When the terms involved are so vague, such arguments are easy to make and hard to definitively disprove.
- But the question of which of the two conceptions is ultimately superior is not one that I shall attempt to settle definitively here.
- Elsewhere, though, the new accessible direction works definitively in the band's favor.
- No article or book can definitively assess the environmental stewardship of all industries.
- It is highly plausible, if not definitively established, that he knew the painter in person.