Pos"i*tive*ly, adv. In a positive manner; absolutely; really;
expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; --
opposed to negatively.
Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil
comparatively, and positively simply.
Bacon.
Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I
positively speak herein.
Shak.
I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not positively
require humility and meekness.
Sprat.
Positively charged or electrified (Elec.), having a charge of positive
electricity; -- opposed to negatively electrified.
Pos"i*tive*ness, n. The quality or state of being positive; reality;
actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See
Positive, a.
Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners.
Swift.
The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the habitude of
the will and in the executed act too; the positiveness of sins of
omission is in the habitude of the will only.
Norris.
Pos"i*tiv*ism (?), n. A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste
Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy
everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things,
together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession,
as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws,
which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison.
This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and
final, to be useless and unprofitable.
Pos"i*tiv*ist, n. A believer in positivism. -- a. Relating to
positivism.
Pos`i*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Positiveness. J. Morley.