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absolutely

  • adverb
  • /ˈæb.səˌl(j)uːt.li/

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

Other meanings

  1. Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.

  2. As an intensive: , , .

Related words

  • posilutely
  • positutely
  • posolutely
  • absolutely convergent
  • absolutely summable
  • absolutely cinematic
  • absofreakinglutely
  • absofuckinglutely
  • absobloodylutely
  • absofreakinlutely
  • absitively
  • absotively

Example sentences

  • “You can justify absolutely anything that way.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “I swear I have absolutely nothing.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "absolutly".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “absolutely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.