Crossword clues for positiveness
positiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Positiveness \Pos"i*tive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.
Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners.
--Swift.
The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the
habitude of the will and in the executed act too; the
positiveness of sins of omission is in the habitude of
the will only.
--Norris.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality of being positive; positivity. (from 17th c.) 2 (context countable English) The result of being positive
WordNet
n. characterized by dogmatic assertiveness [ant: negativeness]
Usage examples of "positiveness".
Her words carried with them a certain practical positiveness of meaning, and Theos was somewhat impressed by their seeming truth.
The greater positiveness of General Blair, the keener popular interest in the Southern question and the broader realization of its possible dangers, made the issue on Reconstruction overshadow the other.