absatively

English

Alternative forms

• absitively, absotively

Etymology

Blend of absolutely +‎ positively

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbsəˈtɪvli/

Adverb

absatively (not comparable)

1. (informal) Absolutely and positively.
   • 1917 November, Fitzhugh Green, “Amusing Fifty Thousand Men: Another Avenue for Government Control”, in J. W. Greenslade, editor, United States Naval Institute Proceedings, volume 43, number 11, number 177, page 2538:

     Any old reels will do, comedies, tragedies, weekly reviews (dating back to the fall of Sumter)—“posalutely absatively” anything will do!

   • 1994, Richard Marcinko with John Weisman, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OL:

     Worthingham Washington Lewis told me he was absatively, posolutely ready for us: “We've got the scenario, and my men are raring to go, Captain.”

   • 2005, Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys, →ISBN, →OL, page 278:

     “No. Absatively out of the question.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:absitively.

Usage notes

See absitively.