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Princeton's WordNet

  1. affirmativelyadverb

    in an affirmative manner

Wiktionary

  1. affirmativelyadverb

    In an affirming manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Affirmativelyadverb

    In an affirmative manner; on the positive side; not negatively.

    Etymology: from affirmative.

    The reason of man hath no such restraint: concluding not only affirmatively, but negatively; not only affirming, there is no magnitude beyond the last heavens, but also denying, there is any vacuity within them. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

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  1. affirmatively

    Affirmatively refers to a response, action or behavior that indicates agreement, confirmation, approval or acceptance in a confident or positive way. It is often used to describe saying "yes" to something or providing confirmation or acceptance of an idea, statement or situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Affirmativelyadverb

    in an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of affirmatively in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of affirmatively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of affirmatively in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Gillum:

    And it seems that Mr. DeSantis and his supporters can't get my name out of their mouth enough, long enough, to talk about what they want to do proactively and affirmatively for the people in the state of Florida.

  2. Thomas Saenz:

    This says go out and affirmatively pull someone over for what is an immigration-related issue.

  3. Steven Schooner:

    No one seems to deny that these were actual conflicts and the players affirmatively attempted to conceal them, that simply cannot be tolerated.

  4. Brian Fallon:

    Not only was it the case that the email was not marked classified, it was affirmatively marked as unclassified.

  5. David Sapp:

    Not only were the local VA officials not using the land to house homeless vets, but they were actually affirmatively misusing the property by entering into these private-use agreements that had nothing to do with healthcare, housing or otherwise serving veterans.

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