"definitely" meaning in English

See definitely in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈdɛf.ɪ.nɪt.li/, /ˈdɛf.ə.nɪt.li/, /ˈdɛf.nɪt.li/ Audio: en-us-definitely.ogg Forms: more definitely [comparative], most definitely [superlative]
Etymology: From definite + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|definite|ly<id:adverbial>}} definite + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} definitely (comparative more definitely, superlative most definitely)
  1. Without question and beyond doubt. Translations (An emphatic affirmative answer; of course): hogyne (Hungarian), persze (Hungarian), természetesen (Hungarian), non ci piove (Italian), certamente (Italian), āpāia (Maori) Translations (without question and beyond doubt): بِالتَّأْكِيد (bi-t-taʔkīd) (Arabic), пэ́ўна (péŭna) (Belarusian), напэ́ўна (napéŭna) (Belarusian), със сигурност (sǎs sigurnost) (Bulgarian), definitivament (Catalan), 肯定 (kěndìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 定然 (dìngrán) (Chinese Mandarin), rozhodně (Czech), určitě (Czech), zeker (Dutch), zeker weten (Dutch), zonder twijfel (Dutch), nepre (Esperanto), certe (Esperanto), ehdottomasti (Finnish), varmasti (Finnish), décidément (French), certainement (French), sans conteste (French), assurément (French), definitivamente (Galician), უეჭველად (ueč̣velad) (Georgian), ნამდვილად (namdvilad) (Georgian), definitiv (German), bestimmt (German), sicher (German), בהחלט (Hebrew), biztosan (Hungarian), feltétlenül (Hungarian), kétségkívül (Hungarian), kétségtelenül (Hungarian), okvetlenül (Hungarian), bizonyosan (Hungarian), minden bizonnyal (Hungarian), örugglega (Icelandic), indubbiamente (Italian), non ci piove (Italian), 確かに (tashika ni) (alt: たしかに) (Japanese), きっと (kitto) (Japanese), 必ず (kanarazu) (alt: かならず) (Japanese), 명확히 (myeonghwakhi) (Korean), 반드시 (bandeusi) (Korean), 확실히 (hwaksilhi) (Korean), noteikti (Latvian), определено (opredeleno) (Macedonian), несомнено (nesomneno) (Macedonian), дефинитивно (definitivno) (Macedonian), pasti (Malay), definitivt (Norwegian), utvilsomt [neuter] (Norwegian), حتماً (hatman) (Persian), na pewno (Polish), zdecydowanie (Polish), definitivamente (Portuguese), определённо (opredeljónno) (Russian), несомне́нно (nesomnénno) (Russian), наверняка́ (navernjaká) (Russian), дефинитивно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), definitivno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), definitivno (Slovene), zagotovo (Slovene), nedvomno (Slovene), definitivamente (Spanish), indudablemente (Spanish), definitivt (Swedish), kesinlikle (Turkish), напе́вно (napévno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-definitely-en-adv-6zipF2fu Disambiguation of 'An emphatic affirmative answer; of course': 56 44 Disambiguation of 'without question and beyond doubt': 98 2
  2. In a definite manner; decisively. Translations (in a definite manner): decididament (Catalan), päättäväisesti (Finnish), décidément (French), assurément [dated] (French), határozottan (Hungarian), decisamente (Italian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: positively Related terms: definitively, absolutely

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "명확히"
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          "roman": "bandeusi",
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
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          "word": "pasti"
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          "word": "حتماً"
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          "roman": "opredeljónno",
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          "word": "определённо"
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          "roman": "nesomnénno",
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          "word": "несомне́нно"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "navernjaká",
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          "word": "наверняка́"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
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          "word": "дефинитивно"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
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            "Roman"
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          "word": "definitivno"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "definitivno"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "zagotovo"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "nedvomno"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "definitivamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "indudablemente"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "definitivt"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "kesinlikle"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "napévno",
          "sense": "without question and beyond doubt",
          "word": "напе́вно"
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          "word": "certamente"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a definite manner",
      "word": "päättäväisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a definite manner",
      "word": "décidément"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a definite manner",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "assurément"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a definite manner",
      "word": "határozottan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a definite manner",
      "word": "decisamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "An emphatic affirmative answer; of course",
      "word": "hogyne"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "An emphatic affirmative answer; of course",
      "word": "persze"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "An emphatic affirmative answer; of course",
      "word": "természetesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An emphatic affirmative answer; of course",
      "word": "non ci piove"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An emphatic affirmative answer; of course",
      "word": "certamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An emphatic affirmative answer; of course",
      "word": "āpāia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "definitely"
}

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