definitive
adjective
most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like.
definitiveness
-
a word derived from
definitive.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I had known that the definitiveness of my announcement would make my parents listen.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
Antosca pointed out that the Baptist document has a deeply humanist perspective, emphasizing the distinctness of human life and the definitiveness of death.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2019
In an epilogue, Müller intimates a link between enriched e-texts and pre-Gutenberg culture: A “printed book has a high affinity with the pole of definitiveness, while the handwritten manuscript has a high affinity with optionality.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2015
Here’s what I was told, with some definitiveness, is on Apple’s mind in terms of M&A: Think the “human interface,” said the banker.
From Forbes ● Apr. 25, 2013
Why she was in it she could not have told, at least with any degree of definitiveness.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford
