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Positive Positively Good Emphasize Noun Day Bernard Delight

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You can use p_______ to emphasize a noun.You can use positive to emphasize a noun.
Good day to you, Bernard! It's a positive delight to see you.
He was in a positive fury.
The man was being a positive embarrassment.
word positive
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If you are positive about things, you are hopeful and confident, and think of the good aspects of a situation rather than the bad ones.
Be positive about your future and get on with living a normal life.
He became much more positive and was soon back in full-time employment.
...a positive frame of mind.
You really must try to start thinking positively.
A positive fact, situation, or experience is pleasant and helpful to you in some way.
The parting from his sister had a positive effect on John.
Working abroad should be an exciting and positive experience for all concerned.
Work on the positive, creating beautiful, loving and fulfilling relationships.
If you make a positive decision or take positive action, you do something definite in order to deal with a task or problem.
There are positive changes that should be implemented in the rearing of animals.
Having a good diet gives me a sense that I'm doing something positive and that I'm in control.
A positive response to something indicates agreement, approval, or encouragement.
Police have had a positive response to appeals for information from motorists travelling on the M40.
He responded positively and accepted the fee of £1000 I had offered.
If you are positive about something, you are completely sure about it.
I'm as positive as I can be about it.
'She's never late. You sure she said eight?'—'Positive.'
Positive evidence gives definite proof of the truth or identity of something.
There was no positive evidence that any birth defects had arisen as a result of Vitamin A intake.
The body has been positively identified as his.
If a medical or scientific test is positive, it shows that something has happened or is present.
If the test is positive, a course of antibiotics may be prescribed.
He was stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for steroids.
You can use positive to emphasize a noun.
Good day to you, Bernard! It's a positive delight to see you.
He was in a positive fury.
The man was being a positive embarrassment.
A positive number is greater than zero.
It's really a simple numbers game with negative and positive numbers.
If something has a positive electrical charge, it has the same charge as a proton and the opposite charge to an electron.
...positively charged ions.
inflections positivelypositivelypositivelypositively
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