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definitely en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛf.ɪ.nɪt.li/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈdɛf.nɪt.li/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdɛf.ə.nɪt.li/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English definite Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English definitely From definite + -ly.

Meanings

1. Without question and beyond doubt.
   • She said she wasn't coming, definitely.
   • Joe definitely doesn't know how to drive a tractor.
2. In a definite manner; decisively.
   • And these Elders were men of good standing in that community, and they swore definitely before the counsel that this lady committed this impropriety, and there was nobody to gainsay that, except the lady herself, […] 2003, Herbert Mitgang, Once Upon a Time in New York, page 187:
   • And the Nose definitely turned away. 1916, Nikolai Gogol, translated by Claud Field, The Nose, published 1836:
   • It was really impossible on board that ship to get away definitely from Almayer 1912, Joseph Conrad, “Chapter IV”, in A Personal Record:

Forms

Relateds

absolutely · definitively

Synonyms

for sure · by all means · positively

Translations (91)

ru несомне́нно (without question and beyond doubt) · it non ci piove (without question and beyond doubt) · no utvilsomt (without question and beyond doubt) · hu kétségtelenül (without question and beyond doubt) · cs určitě (without question and beyond doubt) · hu biztosan (without question and beyond doubt) · af beslis (without question and beyond doubt) · fr décidément (in a definite manner) · es definitivamente (without question and beyond doubt) · hu hogyne (An emphatic affirmative answer; of course) · fi päättäväisesti (in a definite manner) · de definitiv (without question and beyond doubt) · fr décidément (without question and beyond doubt) · aeb أَكِيدْ (without question and beyond doubt) · cs rozhodně (without question and beyond doubt) · pl na pewno (without question and beyond doubt) · fi varmasti (without question and beyond doubt) · hu határozottan (in a definite manner) · pl zdecydowanie (without question and beyond doubt) · fr assurément (without question and beyond doubt) · eo nepre (without question and beyond doubt) · uz aniq (without question and beyond doubt) · cmn 定然 (without question and beyond doubt) · ja 必ず (without question and beyond doubt) · sh дефинитивно (without question and beyond doubt) · fr certainement (without question and beyond doubt) · no definitivt (without question and beyond doubt) · is örugglega (without question and beyond doubt) · ko 반드시 (without question and beyond doubt) · ca definitivament (without question and beyond doubt) · ko 확실히 (without question and beyond doubt) · sv definitivt (without question and beyond doubt) · gl definitivamente (without question and beyond doubt) · fr assurément (in a definite manner) · it decisamente (in a definite manner) · be пэ́ўна (without question and beyond doubt) · sh definitivno (without question and beyond doubt) · nl zonder twijfel (without question and beyond doubt) · pt definitivamente (without question and beyond doubt) · sl zagotovo (without question and beyond doubt) · hu okvetlenül (without question and beyond doubt) · fa حتماً (without question and beyond doubt) · ckb دەراودەر (without question and beyond doubt) · de sicher (without question and beyond doubt) · pon ahpw (without question and beyond doubt) · nl zeker (without question and beyond doubt) · ca decididament (in a definite manner) · sl nedvomno (without question and beyond doubt) · uk напе́вно (without question and beyond doubt) · be напэ́ўна (without question and beyond doubt) · mi āpāia (An emphatic affirmative answer; of course) · he בהחלט (without question and beyond doubt) · kmr teqez (without question and beyond doubt) · ru наверняка́ (without question and beyond doubt) · eo certe (without question and beyond doubt) · hu minden bizonnyal (without question and beyond doubt) · ka ნამდვილად (without question and beyond doubt) · fr sans conteste (without question and beyond doubt) · aeb بَازْ (without question and beyond doubt) · cmn 肯定 (without question and beyond doubt) · uz shubhasiz (without question and beyond doubt) · ms pasti (without question and beyond doubt) · hu feltétlenül (without question and beyond doubt) · mk несомнено (without question and beyond doubt) · bg със сигурност (without question and beyond doubt) · de bestimmt (without question and beyond doubt) · nl zeker weten (without question and beyond doubt) · ru определённо (without question and beyond doubt) · it certamente (An emphatic affirmative answer; of course) · hu kétségkívül (without question and beyond doubt) · sl definitivno (without question and beyond doubt) · lv noteikti (without question and beyond doubt) · fi ehdottomasti (without question and beyond doubt) · ckb دەراندەر (without question and beyond doubt) · ka უეჭველად (without question and beyond doubt) · kmr derander (without question and beyond doubt) · hu bizonyosan (without question and beyond doubt) · ja 確かに (without question and beyond doubt) · cy yn bendant (without question and beyond doubt) · mk дефинитивно (without question and beyond doubt) · it non ci piove (An emphatic affirmative answer; of course) · hu persze (An emphatic affirmative answer; of course) · mk определено (without question and beyond doubt) · aeb مِنَ المُؤَكّدِ (without question and beyond doubt) · aeb بِالتَّأْكِيد (without question and beyond doubt) · es indudablemente (without question and beyond doubt) · tr kesinlikle (without question and beyond doubt) · ko 명확히 (without question and beyond doubt) · ja きっと (without question and beyond doubt) · it indubbiamente (without question and beyond doubt) · hu természetesen (An emphatic affirmative answer; of course)