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单词 absotively
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absotivelyadv.

Brit. /ˈabsətᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈæbsəˌtɪvli/
Forms: 1900s– absatively, 1900s– absitively, 1900s– absotively.
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: absolutely adv., positively adv.
Etymology: Blend of absolutely adv. and positively adv. Compare posilutely adv.The different spelling forms show different representations of the unstressed vowel in the second syllable, largely reflecting the spellings of the component words.
slang (originally and chiefly U.S.)
Emphatically; without a doubt, irrefutably. Also used as an emphatic affirmative: yes, certainly, definitely. Frequently paired with posilutely adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adverb]
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absotively1914
1914 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 27 Mar. 45/3 As long as he loses his money I'll shake dice with him, but socially I wouldn't have anything to do with him. Absotively and postolutely not!
1922 S. Merwin Goldie Green vii. 133 Goldie suppressed an impulse to answer ‘Absotively!’ in the old flippant way.
1970 Boston Globe 4 Nov. 24/1 In the skidooing jingo of the 20s, ‘No, No, Nanette’, at the Shubert, is absatively and positutely a smasheroo and that's no beeswax.
1996 CMJ New Music Monthly Jan. 26 Obsessive? Yes. Frightening, even? Perhaps. Worth the time and effort? Absotively.
2010 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Jan. 19 This is absotively the last column about obscure pay TV.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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