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positive
adjective as in definite, certain
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- actual
- assured
- categorical
- clear-cut
- cocksure
- complete
- consummate
- convinced
- decided
- direct
- downright
- explicit
- factual
- forceful
- forcible
- genuine
- hard
- inarguable
- incontestable
- incontrovertible
- indisputable
- indubitable
- irrefutable
- out-and-out
- outright
- sure
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unambiguous
- undeniable
- unequivocal
- unmistakable
- unmitigated
adjective as in beneficial, helpful
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Example Sentences
"I look at this as a very positive development," Monahan insisted.
The show has broadly had a positive reception, with the finale being emotional for fans - and Mo.
Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the "positive" proposal.
However, Greenwood said she had a "really positive" relationship with the 52-year-old.
And when mice were injected with these human blood stem cells in the lab, the cells were found to be good at making red blood cells - a positive sign, Dr Encabo said.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say positive?
The adjective positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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