definitely

adverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue

Canada//ˈdɛf.ɪ.nɪt.li//
Canada//ˈdɛf.ə.nɪt.li//
Canada//ˈdɛf.nɪt.li//

Without question and beyond doubt.

adverb

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 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, […]

Etymology

Etymology tree English definite Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English definitely From definite + -ly.

Forms

comparative: more definitely
superlative: most definitely

defined · Having a definition or value.defining · Serving to define or distinguish.definite · Having distinct limits.

definitely · Without question and beyond doubt.

definition · A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or…definitive · explicitly defined deformed · Unusual of shape; misshapen.

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