\Neg"a*tive*ly\, adv.
1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. ``He answered
   negatively.'' --Boyle.
2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something;
   -- opposed to {positively}.
         I shall show what this image of God in man is,
         negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist,
         and positively, by showing wherein it does consist.
                                               --South.
{Negatively} {charged or electrified} (Elec.), having a
   charge of the kind of electricity called negative.