Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a definite manner.
Wiktionary
- adv. Without question and beyond doubt.
- adv. In a definite manner; decisively.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. without question and beyond doubt
Etymologies
- definite + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Borderline cases, symptomatic of vagueness, are cases to which the predicate neither definitely applies nor definitely doesn't apply, where ˜definitely™ is now given a semantic analysis as opposed to an epistemic one.”
“But her name definitely has a better meaning than mine does.”
“The title definitely hurt Zack & Miri, which is a little ridiculous.”
“It is a cliche to say "groundbreaking" but it works on so many levels the term definitely applies.”
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“The term definitely has religious overtones just google it.”
“Nowadays, the term definitely is either self mocking or derisive depending on who uses it.”
“The idea of playing with your food is always appealing and using something that has the word "rake" in the title definitely falls into that category.”
“Co-conference chair Jennifer Pahlka from TechWeb acknowledged that the title definitely seemed to get under people's skin.”
“This definitely is an "apples-and-oranges" comparison.”
“Unfortunately for me, I do not speak German, but this definitely is a book I'd buy in English.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘definitely’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Words I Misspell
There are words suffering from a butcher.
prioprietary, definitely, a lot, bellwether, committed, daiquiri, existence, gauge, guard, guarantee, harass, lightning and 7 more...
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Of course!
darn tootin', damn straight, duh, fair dinkum, no shit, for sure, seriously, absolutely, no question, i'm sold, certainly, sure as shootin' and 8 more...
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summary
in short, on the whole, as I said, in other words, to be sure, in fact, indeed, clearly, of course, anyway, remarkably, I think and 11 more...
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Bookmarks
Formerly "Conversations dontcry and frindley AND whichbe and reesetee AND Prolagus might be missing".
i'mpossible, acoustic cloak, definitely, strippable triangle, emmy, 7457, bleachers, fartbreaker, moran, merch, perry como rocks, dead people and 28 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
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supposably
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Spelling Trouble
Words which I often have difficulty spelling.
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TN5 Lesson 56
traveled, Maine, have been to, not at all, different, ski, resort, Switzerland, southern, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky and 22 more...
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Boosting Words
Boosters in academic language, from Ken Hyland in Appendix 3 of Disciplinary Discourses (2000; Harlow, Essex:
Pearson)we know, we think, actually, always, apparent, beyond doubt, certain that, certainly, certainty, clearly, conclusively, decidedly and 30 more...
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TT2 Lesson 19
pumps, heel, high-heels, low-heels, unfortunately, however, similar, lucky, definitely, comedy show, zone, comic and 12 more...
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Dxpert's Words
typically, analysis, theorem, definitely, label, absolutely, bored, awkward, unfortunately, drastically, appointment, stopped and 36 more...
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jannygirl's Words
definitely, scrumptious, smooth, rocket, memory, tangible, groove, massage, drastic, sweet, silly, reciprocal and 78 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for definitely.

xxxciter misspelled as "definately" (-- think "DEFINITE" plus "-ly") Nov 19, 2008
seanahan That's totally worth $30 a year. Jun 19, 2008
plethora I would definantly buy from that shop, jus perhaps not the "classic thong". Jun 18, 2008
reesetee Classic...?
Oh, never mind. Jun 18, 2008
bilby Stein? Teddy bear? Classic thong? Definetly. Jun 17, 2008
vanishedone Maybe sales of the mug make it self-sustaining. Their shop is a bit better stocked than the Wordie merch shop, so presumably somebody's buying. Jun 17, 2008
Prolagus So someone is paying 30 $ a year for a page like that? Definately crazy. Jun 17, 2008
bilby A word with its own web page, indeed its own domain. There's one peeved pedant out there somewhere. Jun 17, 2008