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  • adverb Common misspelling of definitely.
  • adverb Common misspelling of defiantly.

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  • misspelling of "definitely" (-- think "definite" plus "-ly")

    November 19, 2008

  • you see this a lot on the www. i think that americans in particular are prone to make this mistake.

    December 7, 2008

  • I doubt it's just Americans who have poor spelling.

    December 8, 2008

  • I think it has something to do with the fact that Americans are 305,841,000 while Aussies + Brits = 82,443,700.

    December 8, 2008

  • Whet ebout South Efricans? And New Zulunders? Huh?!

    December 8, 2008

  • And the 419,285 Malthese!

    December 8, 2008

  • Maltesers! If you pleasers!

    December 8, 2008

  • I thought it was Malteasers.

    December 8, 2008

  • please see words wot i misspell. i did not intend to imply that americans solely have poor spelling.

    December 9, 2008

  • We're just fooling around, garyth. No worries. :-)

    December 9, 2008

  • thank god for that:) i wasn't entirely innocent of mischevious intent i admit.

    December 9, 2008

  • I definately agree.

    December 9, 2008

  • definitely misspelled

    June 9, 2009