definitively

C2 Topic:Law & Government
US /dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvli/
adv Freq #27095

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In a way that is not only decisive, but also conclusive and final.

    Far from making the kind of statement of hard fact that editors had readily made regarding claims about Trump’s racism, the article fails to definitively state that the laptop is not, in fact, Russian disinformation.

Etymology

From definitive + -ly.

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