positivelyadverb
uk/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv.li/us/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv.li/positively adverb (WELL)
B2 in a good or positive way:
I don't respond very positively to being bossed around - it just makes me angry.
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- Most children respond positively to praise and encouragement.
- We need to approach the issue more positively.
- Could we phrase this more positively?
- We need to present the idea very positively.
- When you're upbeat and confident, people usually respond positively.
positively adverb (CERTAINLY)
certainly:
He said quite positively that he would come, so I've saved a place for him.
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Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertiveness training
- assured
- brass
- breezy
- bullish
- dogmatic
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- ego
- forwardness
- hold your head (up) high idiom
- rakish
- safe
- sassy
- self-assertive
- self-assured
- self-belief
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positively adverb (COMPLETELY)
informal used to emphasize something, especially something that is unexpected:
That sales assistant was positively rude to me!
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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