negative

negātīvē, Adv. (negativus), verneinend (Ggstz. affirmative), Cassiod. de dialect. p. 548 (a) ed. Garet. Boëth. in Cic. top. lib. 5. p. 359, 9 B.

negative [LL] 1 negatively, in the negative. ponat affirmative in tertio quod dixi ~e in quarto Anselm Misc. 346; statue caput ‥ nonnisi interrogatum loqueretur, sed verum vel affirmative vel ~e pronuntiaret W. Malm. GP II 172; omnia ad que e diverso affirmative responderi potest etsi interdum etiam ~e Balsh. AD rec. 2 175; ad alios articulos, super quibus increpatus fuerat, ~e responsum fuerat M. Par. Min. III 37; lex evangelica est lex libertatis respectu Mosaice legis, quod saltem debet ~e intelligi, ut non sit tante servitutis Ockham Pol. I 29; s1452 quia quidam responderint affirmative ‥ alii vero ~e Reg. Whet. I 19. 2 (leg.) by negation, by denial. 1306 lite per ipsum ~e contestate Reg. Cant. II 1079; reus si non vult litem ~e contestari, potest fateri libellum et litem contestari affirmative Praxis 31.

nĕgātīvē, (negativus) négativement : Cassiod. Lib. litt. De rhet. arg. 3 ; Boet. Top. Cic. 5.