absitively en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈæbsɪ-/
- (US) audio
- /ˌæbsɪ-/
- /ˌæbsəˈtɪvli/
- /ˈæbsəˌtɪvli/
Etymology
Blend of absolutely + positively.
Meanings
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(childish, humorous, informal) Absolutely and positively.
Curfew absitively must not ring!
1919, Peter Clark MacFarlane, The Exploits of Bilge and Ma, Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, →LCCN, →OL, page 108:His heart being weak, of course they couldn't draft him, but anyhow they just absitively insisted on his going to work.
1919, George Allen England, Keep Off the Grass, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, →LCCN, →OL, ch. VII, page 94:"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."
1973 March 11, “Major Fred C. Dobbs”, in M*A*S*H, season 1, episode 22:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| absatively | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more absitively | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most absitively | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| absotively | alternative | lexicographic |