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absatively

/ˌæbsəˈtɪvli/

absatively adverb: absolutely and positively.

Adverb

absatively (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Absolutely and positively.
    • Any old reels will do, comedies, tragedies, weekly reviews (dating back to the fall of Sumter)—“posalutely absatively” anything will do!1917 November, Fitzhugh Green, “Amusing Fifty Thousand Men: Another Avenue for Government Control”, in J. W. Greenslade, editor, United States Naval Institute Proceedings, volume 43, number 11...
    • Worthingham Washington Lewis told me he was absatively, posolutely ready for us: “We've got the scenario, and my men are raring to go, Captain.”1994, Richard Marcinko with John Weisman, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL

Forms of absatively

alternative formabsitively
alternative formabsotively

Origin of absatively

Blend of absolutely + positively.

Questions about absatively

What does absatively mean?
Absatively means absolutely and positively.
What part of speech is absatively?
Absatively is an adverb.
How do you pronounce absatively?
Absatively is pronounced /ˌæbsəˈtɪvli/.

Words near absatively in the dictionary

  1. Absarokees
  2. Absarokes
  3. Absaroki
  4. absarokite
  5. absarokites
  6. absatively
  7. Abscam
  8. abscence
  9. abscess
  10. abscess root
  11. abscessation

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