definitely

English

Etymology

definite +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛf.ɪnət.li/

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Adverb

definitely (comparative more definitely, superlative most definitely)

1. Without question and beyond doubt.

   The mother definitely has love for her child.

2. In a definite manner; decisively.
   • Nikolai Gogol, The Nose (in translation)

     And the Nose definitely turned away.

Translations

without question and beyond doubt

Arabic: بالتأكيد (ar) (bi-l-ta'kiid) Chinese: Mandarin: 肯定 (cmn) (kěndìng), 定然 (cmn) (dìngrán) Czech: rozhodně (cs), určitě (cs) Dutch: zeker, zonder twijfel Finnish: ehdottomasti (fi), varmasti (fi) French: décidément (fr), certainement (fr), sans conteste (fr), assurément (fr) German: definitiv (de), bestimmt (de), sicher (de) Hebrew: בהחלט (he) Hungarian: biztosan (hu), feltétlenül (hu), határozottan (hu) Italian: indubbiamente (it) Japanese: 確かに (ja) (たしかに, tashika-ni), きっと (ja) (kitto), 必ず (ja) (かならず, kanarazu)

Latvian: noteikti (lv) Malay: pasti (ms) Norwegian: definitivt (no), utvilsomt (no) n. Persian: حتماً (fa) (hatman) Polish: na pewno (pl), zdecydowanie (pl) Portuguese: definitivamente (pt) Russian: определённо (ru) (opredeljónno), несомненно (ru) (nesomnénno), наверняка (ru) (navernjaká) Slovene: definitivno (sl), zagotovo (sl), nedvomno (sl) Spanish: definitivamente (es), indudablemente (es) n. Swedish: definitivt (sv)

in a definite manner

French: décidément (fr), (dated) assurément (fr)