absolutely meaning
[ 'æbsəlu:tli ] Pronunciation: "absolutely" in a sentence
- Adverb: absolutely `absu'lootlee
- Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
"an absolutely magnificent painting"
- perfectly, utterly, dead - Totally and definitely; without question
"we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
See also: absolute
Encyclopedia: Absolutely
- Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
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- absolute power corrupts absolutely.: [American slang]Pr ...
Examples
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- miller's work was absolutely critical.
- you look absolutely priceless in that hat!
- i tell you my sentiments absolutely.
- she is absolutely set on publishing as a career.
- it might be something absolutely wonderful.