definitively

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  1. Determinately; positively; expressly. Definitively thus I answer you. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. The strong and decided policy to which Republicans throughout the country had definitively committed themselves. The American, IX. 343.
  2. Finally; conclusively: as, the points between the parties are definitively settled. No man, no synod, no session of men, though call'd the church, can judge definitively the sense of Scripture to another man's conscience. Milton, Civil Power.
  3. So as to have or exist in a definitive location (which see, under definitive).

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  • Having thus identified the rebels' leader definitively, the authorities had him hauled down off the wall and beheaded. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • I think if we start trying to solve the question definitively, then we're chasing our tail. —  Omni: September 1993
  • Too answer your question definitively, the IBF champion - Cristobel Cruz and WBA champion - —  Fightnews - Boxing News Updated 24/7
  • What happened on Nov. 19, 2005, in Haditha may never be known definitively -- eyewitness accounts from civilians and Marines agree on some points but strongly diverge on others.
  • But if we use "chastened epistomology" to mean that we can't say anything definitively, then I wonder if we're not playing some sort of theological russian roulette. —  robbymac
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