Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NEG'A-TIVE-LY
NEG'A-TIVE-LY, adv.
- With or by denial; as, he answered negatively. Boyle.
- In the form of speech implying the absence of something; opposed to positively. I shall show what this image of God in man is, negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing wherein it does consist. South.
- Negatively charged or electrified. [See Positively.]
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