absatively

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/ˌæbsəˈtɪvli//ˈæbsəˌtɪvli/

adverb

Absolutely and positively.

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Meanings

adverbabsatively (not comparable)

alternative absitively · alternative absotively

  1. informalnot comparableAbsolutely and positively.

    “No. Absatively out of the question.”

    2005, Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys, →ISBN, →OL, page 278
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    Any old reels will do, comedies, tragedies, weekly reviews (dating back to the fall of Sumter)—“posalutely absatively” anything will do!

    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

    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.”

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

Origin

Blend of absolutely + positively.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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