positive manner

collocation in English

meaningsofpositiveandmanner

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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manner
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofpositiveandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpositive manner

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He seemed less anxious and was able to see his past life in a morepositivemanner.
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This more holistic conception was rarely ever articulated in a direct andpositivemanner, but rather addressed indirectly by negating mechanistic descriptions.
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Will he accept the gratitude of those of us who have made representations for thepositivemannerin which he has responded to them?
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I think it is that question which we should approach in the mostpositivemannerpossible.
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They would properly and more constructively be dealt with in a morepositivemannerwithin the community than in our expensive and obsolescent penal system.
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It is therefore necessary to assess this value in an explicit andpositivemanner.
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I hope that he will accept that we are approaching it in the mostpositivemanner.
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Thepositivemannerof his earlier response suggests that.
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We looked for a way of reinstating it in a morepositivemanner.
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This is an important step forward, which we wish to support in a very constructive andpositivemanner.
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They should be criticised for failing to come to the aid of the farmer in a morepositivemanner.
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They live in hope of the day when they can exercise this conviction in a free andpositivemannerin trade union shops.
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It is incumbent upon it to think in a morepositivemanner—otherwise the individual dairy farmer will derive little encouragement from and have little confidence in the future.
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For example, people with moderately positive self-views withdraw from spouses who evaluate them in an exceptionallypositivemanner.
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The cognitive change is achieved through reappraisal (interpreting the stimulus in a morepositivemanner) and extinction (reversing the response to the stimulus).
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However, it has been noted that under certain conditions interactions between heterogeneous groups can result more in a morepositivemanner.
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It is also called the take-control approach to teaching, as the teacher controls their classroom in a firm butpositivemanner.
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The lyrics deal with contemplative themes, albeit seen in a morepositivemannercompared to the band's earlier work.
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Liais, therefore, was in a condition to deny, in the mostpositivemanner, the passage of a planet over the sun at the time indicated.
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