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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Negatively \Neg"a*tive*ly\, adv.
1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. "He answered
negatively." --Boyle.
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2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something;
-- opposed to {positively}.
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I shall show what this image of God in man is,
negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist,
and positively, by showing wherein it does consist.
--South.
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{Negatively charged} or {Negatively electrified} (Elec.),
having a charge of the kind of electricity called
negative, as does the electron.
[1913 Webster] Negativeness