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affirmatively

adv

Etymology

From Middle English affirmativeli, equivalent to affirmative + -ly.

  1. inherited from affirmativeli

Definitions

  1. In an affirming manner.

    • When the Pyrrhonians say, that ataraxy is the chiefe felicitie, which is the immobilitie of judgement, their meaning is not to speake it affirmatively[…].
    • Many within our community view childrearing with skepticism or disdain. Affirmatively choosing parenting as a gay man or lesbian is often seen as a retreat from public activism to private life or as a mimicking of heterosexuality.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA