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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Positively \Pos"i*tive*ly\, adverb In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. --Bacon.
Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I positively speak herein. --Shak.
I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not positively require humility and meekness. --Sprat.
{Positively charged} or {Positively electrified} (Elec.), having a charge of positive electricity; -- opposed to {negatively charged}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
positively
adverb
1: extremely; "it was positively monumental"
2: so as to be positive; in a positive manner; "she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
135 Moby Thesaurus words for "positively": OK, Roger, absolutely, actually, affirmatively, all right, alright, alrighty, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assertively, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, beyond question, by all means, categorically, certainly, clearly, da, de facto, dead, decidedly, decisively, declaratively, definitely, demonstrably, directly, distinctly, doubtless, doubtlessly, emphatically, even, exactly, expressly, faithfully, fine, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for real, for sure, forsooth, genuinely, good, good enough, hear, in actuality, in all conscience, in all respects, in effect, in every respect, in fact, in reality, in truth, indeed, indeedy, indisputably, indubitably, ipsissimis verbis, ja, just, just so, literally, literatim, mais oui, manifestly, most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement, nothing else but, noticeably, observably, obviously, of course, okay, oui, patently, plumb, point-blank, precisely, predicatively, quite, rather, really, right, righto, rigidly, rigorously, sensibly, seriously, square, squarely, straight, strictly, sure, sure thing, surely, to a certainty, to be sure, to the letter, truly, unambiguously, undeniably, under oath, undeviatingly, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unerringly, unmistakably, unquestionably, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, verily, veritably, very well, visibly, well and good, why yes, with emphasis, without doubt, word by word, word for word, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree
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