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definitely

adv
/ˈdɛf.ɪ.nɪt.li/CA

Etymology

From definite + -ly.

  1. borrowed from dēfīnītus
  2. suffixed as definitely — “definite + ly”

Definitions

  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

    In a definite manner; decisively.

    • It was really impossible on board that ship to get away definitely from Almayer
    • And the Nose definitely turned away.
    • 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, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at definitely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at definitely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at definitely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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