posilutely

adv

posilutely

adv

Etymology Blend of positively + absolutely.

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:
1 more example
  • "No way, madam, it's posilutely confidential," I chuckled.1998, Lewis Kornfeld, The Pheromone Factor: Twenty-Five Short Stories:
Related terms
absitively, absotively, absitively posolutely, absotively posilutely

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