Dictionary Definition
absolutely adv
1 completely and without qualification; used
informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting";
"a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly
miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead
tired"; "dead right" [syn: perfectly, utterly, dead]
2 totally and definitely; without question; "we
are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie
absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Derivative of absolute.Pronunciation
- /æb.sʊˈlʊut.lɪi/; /@b.sU"lu:t.li:/ a UK
Adverb
- In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
- With absolution.
Translations
In an absolute manner
- French: absolument
- Japanese: 絶対に (zettai ni)
- Spanish: totalmente
With absolution
Translations
yes; certainly
- Finnish: ehdottomasti
- French: absolument
- Hebrew: בהחלט (be'hekhlet')
- Russian: абсолютно (absoljútno)
- Swedish: absolut, definitivt
Extensive Definition
Absolutely may refer to:
- Absolutely (1980), album by Madness
- Absolutely (1990), album by Rik Emmett
- Absolutely (2006), album by Sister Hazel
- Absolutely, British television comedy
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
OK,
Roger, a outrance,
actually, affirmatively, all out,
all right, alright,
alrighty, altogether, amen, and no mistake, as you say,
assertively,
assuredly, at all
events, at any rate, aye,
beyond all bounds, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond
measure, by all means, categorically, certainly, clean, clearly, completely, da, de facto, dead, decidedly, decisively, declaratively, definitely, directly, distinctly, doubtless, doubtlessly, downright, emphatically, entirely, essentially, even, exactly, expressly, extremely, faithfully, faultlessly, fine, flat out, flawlessly, for a certainty,
for a fact, for certain, for sure, forsooth, fully, fundamentally, genuinely, good, good enough, hear, ideally, immaculately, immeasurably, impeccably, in actuality, in
all respects, in effect, in every respect, in fact, in reality, in
the extreme, in truth, incalculably, indeed, indeedy, indefinitely, indubitably, infallibly, infinitely, ipsissimis
verbis, irretrievably, irrevocably, ja, just, just right, just so, literally, literatim, mais oui, manifestly, most, most assuredly, most
certainly, naturally,
naturellement,
nothing else but, obviously, of course, okay, oui, perfectly, plain, plumb, point-blank, positively, precisely, predicatively, purely, quite, radically, rather, really, right, righto, rigidly, rigorously, sheer, spotlessly, square, squarely, stark, straight, strictly, sure, sure thing, surely, thoroughly, to a certainty,
to be sure, to the letter, totally, truly, unconditionally, under
oath, undeviatingly, unequivocally, unerringly, unmistakably, unquestionably, unrelievedly, unreservedly, utterly, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et
litteratim, veritably,
very well, well and good, wholly, why yes, with a
vengeance, with emphasis, word by word, word for word, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes
sir, yes sirree