absitively

English

Etymology

Blend of absolutely and positively

Alternative forms

• absatively, absotively

Adverb

absitively (comparative more absitively, superlative most absitively)

1. (informal, humorous or childish) Absolutely and positively.
   • 1919, Peter Clark MacFarlane, The Exploits of Bilge and Ma, Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, LCCN 19014798, OL 6618956M, page 108:

     Curfew absitively must not ring!

   • 1919, George Allen England, Keep Off the Grass, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, LCCN 19010469, OL 6617274M, ch. VII, page 94:

     His heart being weak, of course they couldn't draft him, but anyhow they just absitively insisted on his going to work.

   • 1973 March 11, “Major Fred C. Dobbs”, M*A*S*H^[1] season 1 episode 22:

     "Colonel Blake has okayed my transfer."

     "You're serious, Frank. You're leaving."

     "Absitively."

     "Gee, Frank, this place won't seem the same without you. It'll be terrific."

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.

Usage notes

Often used in combination with posilutely/posolutely.

See also

• absitively posolutely