positively
adverb
uk/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv.li/us/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv.li/positivelyadverb(WELL)
B2
in a good orpositiveway:
肯定的,积极的I don'trespondvery positively to beingbossedaround - it just makes meangry.我不喜欢被呼来喝去——这只会使我恼火。
- Mostchildrenrespondpositively topraiseandencouragement.
- We need toapproachtheissuemore positively.
- Could we phrase this more positively?
- We need topresenttheideavery positively.
- When you'reupbeatandconfident,peopleusuallyrespondpositively.
Hoping and hopefulness
- appealingly
- boosterish
- boosterism
- cautious
- cautiously
- glass
- hope springs eternalidiom
- hopeful
- hopefully
- hopefulness
- ill
- it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom
- optimistically
- over-expectation
- pinyourhopes onsomething/someoneidiom
- pipe dream
- please Godidiom
- positive
- trust
- wing
positivelyadverb(CERTAINLY)
certainly:
肯定地He saidquitepositively that he would come, so I'vesavedaplacefor him.他很肯定地说他会来,所以我给他留了个位子。
Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertively
- assertiveness
- dignity
- dogmatic
- dogmatically
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- putyourshirt onsomethingidiom
- rakish
- rakishly
- rakishness
- safe
- surefootedness
- surely
- swag
- swash
- tall
positivelyadverb(COMPLETELY)
informal
used toemphasizesomething,especiallysomething that isunexpected:
确实地,断然地Thatsalesassistantwas positivelyrudeto me!那个销售员对我非常粗鲁!
Linguistics: very & extreme
- abjectly
- abundantly
- beyond
- biblical
- blankly
- completely
- desperately
- extreme
- highly
- positive
- rank
- raving
- smack
- spectacularly
- such
- terrible
- terribly
- unutterably
- veritably
- wonderfully