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absotively

/ˌæbsəˈtɪvli/

absotively adverb: absolutely and positively.

Adverb

absotively (not comparable)

  1. (childish, humorous, informal) Absolutely and positively.
    • That is one of the twelve reasons why Charlotte Diners are absotively the best little old dining chairs produced in this Land of the Free—and Prohibition has nothing to do with it.1920 September, “Style and Stability (advertisement)”, in The Rotarian, volume 17, number 3, page 159
    • “I is sad; absotively mis'able. What you reckon kind of pitcher they is takin' down there?”1925, Octavus Roy Cohen, Bigger and Blacker, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →LCCN, →OL

Examples of absotively in a sentence

  • “Absotively, Admiral Dewey?” “Posilutely, General Grant.”1994, Joseph Heller, Closing Time, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL:
  • It won't happen again.” “Let's hope not.” “Absotively.2017 April 4, Will Campos, Dez Dolly, Daniel Johnson & David Welch, “MatchMaker” (19:46 from the start), in Dimension 404, season 1...

Forms of absotively

alternative formabsatively
alternative formabsitively

Origin of absotively

Blend of absolutely + positively.

Words formed from absotively

Questions about absotively

What does absotively mean?
Absotively means absolutely and positively.
How do you use absotively in a sentence?
“Absotively, Admiral Dewey?” “Posilutely, General Grant.”
What part of speech is absotively?
Absotively is an adverb.
How do you pronounce absotively?
Absotively is pronounced /ˌæbsəˈtɪvli/.

Words near absotively in the dictionary

  1. absorptives
  2. absorptivities
  3. absorptivity
  4. absorptometry
  5. absorvance
  6. absotively
  7. absotively posilutely
  8. absotively posolutely
  9. absotutely
  10. ABSP
  11. absquatulate

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