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positive degree - the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

positive

adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something

adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun

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adjective
adverb
degree

positive
transcendental
Transcendentally

The doctor's friend was in the positive degree of hoarseness, puffiness, red-facedness, all-fours, tobacco, dirt, and brandy; the doctor in the comparative--hoarser, puffier, more red-faced, more all-fourey, tobaccoer, dirtier, and brandier.

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