n. The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

Positiveness, pedantry, and ill manners. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the habitude of the will and in the executed act too; the positiveness of sins of omission is in the habitude of the will only. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]