as in favorably
in an approving manner
for the most part audiences have responded positively to his avant-garde music
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Recent Examples of positively
How much Texans are able to feel how the Comptrollers office is positively affecting their lives, making their lives safer, better, more affordable.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
There’s a romantic film positively gargantuan in scope that inspired hundreds of thousands of obsessives, but these two films could have aligned in being love stories about complete weirdos.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
Absolutely, positively growing?
—Mark Russell, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 12 Feb. 2026
Nearly the same amount also believed that arts and culture positively affect overall health and well-being.
—Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Data shows that 28% of workers who gave a negative review eventually rated the same employer more positively 12 to 24 months later.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The witness positively identified photographs of Hill and the two other suspects.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
While the younger Paul joins a legion of conservative voices who took issue with the choice of Bad Bunny as a headliner in the first place, scores of other celebrities reacted positively to Sunday's show.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Spurs have not won a top-flight game since December and started positively against United.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
There’s a romantic film positively gargantuan in scope that inspired hundreds of thousands of obsessives, but these two films could have aligned in being love stories about complete weirdos.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
Absolutely, positively growing?
—Mark Russell, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 12 Feb. 2026
Nearly the same amount also believed that arts and culture positively affect overall health and well-being.
—Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Data shows that 28% of workers who gave a negative review eventually rated the same employer more positively 12 to 24 months later.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The witness positively identified photographs of Hill and the two other suspects.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
While the younger Paul joins a legion of conservative voices who took issue with the choice of Bad Bunny as a headliner in the first place, scores of other celebrities reacted positively to Sunday's show.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Spurs have not won a top-flight game since December and started positively against United.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for positively
favorably
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Rain chances increase to around 60% to 70% in Phoenix, and totals could reach up to a quarter of an inch if the system tracks favorably.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Japan’s stock market responded favorably, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index surging more than 5% to a fresh intraday high on expectations of tax cuts and higher government spending.—
Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Positively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/positively. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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