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cat·e·gor·i·cal

(kăt′ĭ-gôr′ĭ-kəl, -gŏr′-) also cat·e·gor·ic (-ĭk)
adj.
1. Being without exception or qualification; absolute: a categorical refusal.
2.
a. Of or relating to a category or categories.
b. According to or using categories: a categorical arrangement of specimens.
cat′e·gor′i·cal·ly adv.
cat′e·gor′i·cal·ness n.
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Adv. 1. [画像:categorically - in an unqualified manner]categorically - in an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges"
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Translations
tajantamente

categorically

[ˌkætɪˈgɒrɪkəlɪ] ADV [state etc] → de modo terminante ; [refuse] → rotundamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

categorically

[ˌkætɪˈgɒrɪkli] adv (= unequivocally) [deny, state] → catégoriquement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

categorically

adv state, deny → kategorisch ; say → mit Bestimmtheit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

categorically

[ˌkætɪˈgɒrɪk/əlɪ] adv → categoricamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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But, to amuse you, dearest, let me describe these people more categorically in my next letter, and tell you in detail about their lives.
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"I suppose," said Gilbert, sitting down with a resigned air, "the only thing to do in a case of this kind is to have patience and go at the matter categorically. Whom is your letter from?"
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No more can it be explained than can a human judge, sentencing a convicted criminal and imposing eight years imprisonment instead of the five or nine years that also at the same time floated upward in his brain, explain why he categorically determined on eight years as the just, adequate punishment.
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"I shall know him; but I should be mad to affirm, categorically, at this moment that I do know him.
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"It seems you are right, Planchet; all this appears to be a little mysterious; and be assured that we will not pay him our rent until the matter shall be categorically explained to us."
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The prince, however, immediately began, with some show of annoyance, to question Lebedeff categorically, as to the general's present condition, and his opinion thereon.
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