Synonyms for definitively


Grammar : Adv
Spell : dih-fin-i-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɪn ɪ tɪv


Définition of definitively

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French definitif (12c.), from Latin definitivus "explanatory, definitive," from past participle stem of definire (see define). Related: Definitively.
  • As in conclusively : adv finally
Example sentences :
  • The government of Freeland was now definitively constituted.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • The categories and the indemnities were definitively rejected.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time » by Franois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
  • At length, their numbers increasing, they definitively adopt her, and set to work.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • Then I hope that at length the Company is definitively formed?
  • Extract from : « The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 » by George W. M. Reynolds
  • So you definitively refuse to accompany me to the Tuileries?
  • Extract from : « The Companions of Jehu » by Alexandre Dumas, pre
  • Invest him with some authority, no matter what, and he will be bound to us definitively.'
  • Extract from : « The Life of Mohammad » by Etienne Dinet
  • Can we say definitely and definitively that life is life and death is death?
  • Extract from : « Once a Greech » by Evelyn E. Smith
  • He had been destined by his parents for the Church; but this opening into life he had definitively and deliberately abandoned.
  • Extract from : « The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's » by David Masson
  • Greatly, however, as she wished to answer him at once and definitively, she was unable to articulate a single word.
  • Extract from : « The Widow Barnaby » by Frances Trollope
  • The theory of foreign languages supernaturally imparted without previous study may be definitively laid aside.
  • Extract from : « Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) » by Walter Richard Cassels

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