short for definitely
by Bianka Stan Lee January 4, 2019
Get the definmug. What a horrible pun, using defish as if to say "the fish" The collection of groans can be heard across the planet.
by aybab2 September 13, 2003
Get the definemug. by maybenot September 4, 2003
Get the definemug. by Hunter_owen12 December 30, 2014
Get the Definemug. 'Definately' enjoys a subtly different meaning from 'definitely'.
If some item x is definitely f (i.e. it definitely has the property of f-ness), then it must be f in some perfect, absolute, non-finite way.
By contrast, if some item x is definately f then x is f by definition, or is the very definition of f-ness.
The former is an ontological claim, whereas the latter is conceptual/semantic.
That's why all us clever people who spell by rational deduction rather than blind repetition use both spellings, to distinguish our precise meanings.
If some item x is definitely f (i.e. it definitely has the property of f-ness), then it must be f in some perfect, absolute, non-finite way.
By contrast, if some item x is definately f then x is f by definition, or is the very definition of f-ness.
The former is an ontological claim, whereas the latter is conceptual/semantic.
That's why all us clever people who spell by rational deduction rather than blind repetition use both spellings, to distinguish our precise meanings.
by philip mark young August 4, 2007
Get the definatelymug. An alternative spelling of the word "definitely", used most notoriously by a sensationably adorable girl whose defiant side causes her to use a more phenetic spelling for words with arbitrary spellings.
by andy jeffreys November 11, 2007
Get the definatelymug. by Ravek March 20, 2004
Get the definemug.