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ESLBeginner Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

'definitely' vs. 'definitively'

Hello, would you please tell me what's the difference between 'definitely' and 'definitively' ? thanks.
  

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I presume you've loooked it up, so you'll forgive me if I don't. I think something which is definitive is unique. It's characteristics are clearly defined.

  • I presume you've loooked it up, so you'll forgive me if I don't.
  • I think something which is definitive is unique.
  • It's characteristics are clearly defined.
  • It's not necessarily one of a kind, but if a designer's style is definitive, it's easily recognizable and easily distinguished from others.
  • " The details of the workmanship were consistent.
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I presume you've loooked it up, so you'll forgive me if I don't.

I think something which is definitive is unique. It's characteristics are clearly defined.
It's not necessarily one of a kind, but if a designer's style is definitive, it's easily recognizable and easily distinguished from others.
As an adverb, "The work was definitively done." The details of the workmanship were
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Definitively is an adjective and is described to specify definitely (not replacing the word definitely), e.g. to clarify in a definitive statement, serving to define something as most reliable or complete as in a text, author, criticism or study, e.g. the definitive guide to management .

Definitely is an adverb as in a definite manner, unambiguously. It is also used to express a complet

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