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affirmatively, adv.|əˈfɜːmətɪvlɪ|
[f. affirmative a. and n. + -ly2.]
In an affirmative manner.
1. By way of assertion or express declaration.
1533More Apol. xlviii. Wks. 1557, 924/2 He did but speake it affirmatiuely, and wil not holde it opinatiuely. 1612T. Taylor Titus ii. 10 (1619) 431 The Apostle extendeth the former precept, and in this forme of words affirmatiuely propoundeth it. 1860Massey Hist. Eng. III. xxx. 362 That the right of Parliament to provide for the exigency..should be affirmatively stated.
2. In the affirmative mood, so as to assert that a disputed or doubtful thing is; opposed to negatively.
1491Caxton How to Die 11 Who someuer shall mowe affyrmatyfly ansuere to these askynges. 1570Billingsley Euclid i. vii. 17 Sciences vsing demonstration, conclude affirmatiuely. 1639Rouse Heav. Univ. i. (1702) 6 And they had answer'd him affirmatively. 1794Sullivan View of Nat. I. 429 The question, I confess, is difficult, however affirmatively it may have been determined by philosophers. 1840Carlyle Heroes iv. 239 The people answered affirmatively.
†3. Math. Positively, as a positive quantity. Obs.
1789Waring in Phil. Trans. LXXIX. 174 The co-efficients are to be taken affirmatively, or negatively, according as s is an even or odd number. |