Example sentences for: categorically

How can you use “categorically” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One professional British lexicographer told me, categorically, that no one uses the - tch - pronunciation in Britain, where it would be regarded as wrong or pedantic.

  • Many of Lind's specific points are reasonable, but it's the one place where he has a categorically dismissive rather than explanatory tone.

  • "The defence of the right of the refugees to return home is a slogan empty of meaning if one continues to exclude categorically the committal of ground troops," the editorial concluded.

  • In the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, Bob Dole made a big fuss about Clinton's refusal to categorically rule out pardons for former associates caught up in Whitewater.

  • He told the PCC that he wishes to "state categorically" that he is not related to the president of Yugoslavia, has no links with any of the former Yugoslav republics, and does not want to discuss his views on the Balkans with anyone.


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