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definitively
[ dih-fin-i-tiv-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that is definite, complete, final, or absolute:
There is no forensic evidence to definitively identify the attacker.
The court's ruling is seen as a missed opportunity to resolve the issue definitively.
Other Words From
- non·de·fin·i·tive·ly adverb
- un·de·fin·i·tive·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of definitively1
Example Sentences
It’s too early for a definitive evaluation of what happened, because exit polls are no more reliable than pre-election polls.
There was no definitive discussion that I’m aware of on what was going to be left.
In a highly polarized era, most elections are going to be close — close enough as to exceed the ability of polls to provide you with a definitive answer.
Both will still require more data to get a definitive answer, but for now, I think this is really good news.
She and a helper lowered down with cords more than 1,000 of the most valuable pressed plants from an upper floor, including the definitive specimen of Franciscan manzanita.
If this Dear Leader is definitively tied to the Sony hack, we may be at the beginning of an even more dangerous new era.
Earlier this year, al Qaeda split with ISIS definitively in a public repudiation of the group.
The 2012 Republican Platform still states definitively: “We oppose federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.”
While we have not definitively located the video, in one video tanks can be seen crossing a pontoon bridge into Ukraine.
He is being baited daily to say, definitively, that he is running.
Certainly not, said the Doctor, definitively; there will be no rest from overturnings till He whose right it is shall come.
In this strange conflict between laws and manners, upon which side will the drama definitively take up its stand?
The law was accordingly voted definitively on December 6, 1905, and at once promulgated.
The document having been definitively drawn up, one of the notaries began reading it.
It was not copied out fair; and the conclusions, as well as the exordium, were not definitively drawn up.
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