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- "I heard that from a man who knew all about him, grew up with him in Germany," he assured us positively.p. 44.3
positively = with certainty
- Someone with a positive manner, perhaps a detective, used the expression "madman" as he bent over Wilson's body that afternoon, and the adventitious authority of his voice set the key for the newspaper reports next morning.p. 163.4
positive = certain (having no doubt)
There are no more uses of "positive" in The Great Gatsby.
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