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posilutely

posilutely adverb: positively and absolutely.

Adverb

posilutely (not comparable)

  1. (childish, humorous, informal) Positively and absolutely.
    • “Anyway, we're not trespassing now,” Hunt put in. “Posilutely not,” I said.1922 June, Percy K. Fitzhugh, “Roy Blakely's Bee-Line Hike”, in Boys' Life, volume 12, number 6, →ISSN, page 19
    • “Absotively, Admiral Dewey?” “Posilutely, General Grant.”1994, Joseph Heller, Closing Time, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL

Forms of posilutely

alternative formposolutely

Origin of posilutely

Blend of positively + absolutely.

Phrases with posilutely

Questions about posilutely

What does posilutely mean?
Posilutely means positively and absolutely.
What part of speech is posilutely?
Posilutely is an adverb.

Words near posilutely in the dictionary

  1. posier
  2. posies
  3. posiest
  4. posigrade
  5. posigrades
  6. posilutely
  7. posily
  8. posing
  9. posing pouch
  10. posing pouches
  11. posing strap

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