definitely
advCA, US, UK /ˈdɛf.ɪ.nɪt.li/
Etymology From definite + -ly.
1
Without question and beyond doubt.
- Joe definitely doesn't know how to drive a tractor.
- She said she wasn't coming, definitely.
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:
- And the Nose definitely turned away.1916, Nikolai Gogol, translated by Claud Field, The Nose, published 1836:
1 more example
- And these Elders were men of good standing in that community, and they swore definitely before the counsel that this lady committed this impropriety, and there was nobody to gainsay that, except the lady herself, […]2003, Herbert Mitgang, Once Upon a Time in New York, page 187:
- Synonyms
- by all means, positively
- Related terms
- definitively, absolutely