affirmatively
affirmatively adverb: in an affirming manner.
Adverb
affirmatively (comparative more affirmatively, superlative most affirmatively)
- In an affirming manner.
- For as the inference is fair, affirmatively deduced from the action to the organ, that they have eies because they see; so it is also from the organ to the action, that they have eies, therefore some sight designed; if we take the intention of Nature in every species, and except the casuall...1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
- When the Pyrrhonians say, that ataraxy is the chiefe felicitie, which is the immobilitie of judgement, their meaning is not to speake it affirmatively[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
affirmatively meaning in Urdu
affirmatively in Urdu
- اثباتی انداز میں, مُثبَت طَریقے سے
Forms of affirmatively
| comparative | more affirmatively |
|---|---|
| superlative | most affirmatively |
Origin of affirmatively
From Middle English affirmativeli, equivalent to affirmative + -ly.
Questions about affirmatively
- What does affirmatively mean?
- Affirmatively means in an affirming manner.
- What is affirmatively in Urdu?
- Affirmatively in Urdu is اثباتی انداز میں, مُثبَت طَریقے سے. See Affirmatively meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is affirmatively?
- Affirmatively is an adverb.
Words near affirmatively in the dictionary
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