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definately

definately is the misspelling of definitely.

definately is the misspelling of defiantly.

Meaning of definitely

Adverb

definitely (comparative more definitely, superlative most definitely)

  1. Without question and beyond doubt.
    • Joe definitely doesn't know how to drive a tractor.
    Synonyms:
    for sure
  2. In a definite manner; decisively.
    • It was really impossible on board that ship to get away definitely from Almayer1912, Joseph Conrad, “Chapter IV”, in A Personal Record

Meaning of defiantly

Adverb

defiantly (comparative more defiantly, superlative most defiantly)

  1. In a defiant manner.
    • "And I know she's my aunt, but she needn't pick at me all the time," she added defiantly.1904, Margaret Sidney, chapter 15, in Five Little Peppers and their Friends

Questions about definately

What is definately the misspelling of?
Definately is the misspelling of definitely.

Words near definately in the dictionary

  1. defin
  2. definability
  3. definable
  4. definably
  5. definate
  6. definately
  7. defination
  8. definatly
  9. definatory
  10. define
  11. defined

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Adapted from Wiktionary: definately (page history and authors); definitely (page history and authors); defiantly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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