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definitively

[dih-fin-i-tiv-lee]

adverb

  1. in a way that is definite, complete, final, or absolute.

    There is no forensic evidence to definitively identify the attacker.

    The court's ruling is seen as a missed opportunity to resolve the issue definitively.



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  • nondefinitively adverb
  • undefinitively adverb
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It would be for a court to rule definitively whether the government is right that heated tobacco advertising is banned under current law - but so far no-one has brought a case.

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Also on Thursday, Hegseth puzzled Democrats and Republicans when he failed to definitively answer questions about whether the administration intends to invade Greenland and Panama.

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It is almost impossible to definitively establish what caused the disaster based on videos of the plane's brief flight.

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The producers refuse to answer this definitively because it could affect future games.

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While the process is mostly accurate, it can take up to eight weeks to definitively diagnose the type of tumour.

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