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definitively en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English definitive Middle English -ly English -ly English definitively From definitive + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.
   • Far from making the kind of statement of hard fact that editors had readily made regarding claims about Trump’s racism, the article fails to definitively state that the laptop is not, in fact, Russian disinformation. 2024 August 29, Ashley Rindsberg, “How Wikipedia Launders Regime Propaganda”, in Pirate Wires, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2025:

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definitely

Translations (17)

ru окончательно (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · pt definitivamente (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · ru определённо (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · hu végleg (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · fi lopullisesti (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · es definitivamente (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · fr définitivement (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · pl ostatecznie (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · sv definitivt (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · eo definitive (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · bg определено (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · it decisamente (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · ca definitivament (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · pl niezaprzeczalnie (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · pl zdecydowanie (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · pl definitywnie (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner) · it definitivamente (in a decisive, conclusive and final manner)