posilutely

English

Etymology

Blend of positively and absolutely

Alternative forms

• posolutely

Adverb

posilutely (not comparable)

1. (informal, humorous or childish) Positively and absolutely.
   • 1922 June, Percy K. Fitzhugh, “Roy Blakely's Bee-Line Hike”, Boys' Life, volume 12, number 6, ISSN 0006-8608, page 19: 

     “Anyway, we're not trespassing now,” Hunt put in. “Posilutely not,” I said.

   • 1994, Joseph Heller, Closing Time, ISBN 9780671746049, LCCN 94020604, OL 1096036M:

     “Absotively, Admiral Dewey?” “Posilutely, General Grant.”

   • 1998, Lewis Kornfeld, The Pheromone Factor: Twenty-Five Short Stories:

     "No way, madam, it's posilutely confidential," I chuckled.

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

See also

• absitively/absotively
• absitively posolutely