categorically
advUK /kæt.əˈɡɒ.ɹɪk.(ə.)li/
Etymology From categorical + -ly.
› In a categorical manner.
1
By the use of categories; defining a category; defined by, or corollary to, a category.
- Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) generically, classically, typically
- a welfare scheme for the categorically needy
2
Modal Absolutely; in all regards (leaving no doubt or ambiguity).
- She categorically denied all allegations of misconduct.
- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:
- Synonyms
- definitively, unconditionally
- Antonyms
- exceptionally, conditionally
- Derived terms
- protocoligorically