Definition of "positiveness" [pos•i•tive•ness]

• The quality of being positive; positivity (noun)
• The result of being positive (noun)

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• "But in the final analysis, the positive review simply in its positiveness, is displaying a passion, and therefore a reason to be passionate about whatever is reviewed, in this case, poetry, or poets."
• ""I imagine his positiveness is the secret of his success.""
• ""I have changed my mind," he said, one evening, with that smiling positiveness which is so aggravating: "I am very much inclined to believe that Ben Craven did kill Clough.""