Definition of Definitively

1. adv. In a definitive manner.

Definition of Definitively

1. Adverb. in a definitive manner ¹

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Definition of Definitively

1. [adv]

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Literary usage of Definitively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It does not appear to have been definitively formed until the Hellenistic period, .... Definitively adopted for the copying of MSS. and engrossing of ..."

2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... as it shall cease definitively, and in all events, on the part of France, within a period of five years, and that besides, pending the duration of this ..."

3. The Power of the Pope During the Middle Ages: Or, An Historical Inquiry Into by Jean Edme Auguste Gosselin (1853)
"... Rome and in the exarchate, it does not appear that they assumed definitively and irrevocably to renounce the dominion of the emperor of Constantinople. ..."

4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"... been definitively won.—On the morning of the 7th, Captain Dawson, RE, was killed; and having been summoned to replace him immediately, Wolseley did not ..."

5. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1903)
"But in the other island, in Ireland, the Revolution of 1688 seemed to have been much less definitively made. There in the first place Popery itself reigned ..."

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