absolutely

[ab-suh-loot-lee, ab-suh-loot-] / ˌæb səˈlut li, ˈæb səˌlut- /

ADVERB

certainly, without question

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually categorically definitely doubtless exactly positively precisely really surely truly unconditionally unquestionably

WEAK

come hell or high water conclusively decidedly decisively easily for sure no ifs ands or buts no strings attached on the button on the money on the nose right on straight out sure as can be sure as hell sure enough the very thing unambiguously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully dubiously questionably uncertain

WEAK

doubtfully

ADVERB

in a complete manner, degree

Synonyms

STRONGEST

completely entirely fully thoroughly utterly wholly

WEAK

consummately hook, line, and sinker

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially partly

WEAK

doubtful incompletely

Example Sentences

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“There is absolutely no sign of this slowing down.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Forum parcel is absolutely not large enough for a baseball stadium,” Butts said.

From Los Angeles Times

“There is no way we would’ve agreed to the structure without being absolutely convinced that Demis represented the future of our AI strategy,” Harrison said later.

From The Wall Street Journal

So when he received a "shocking" letter 18 months later saying his monthly service charge was going up to £327 - a sum he "absolutely just could not afford" - he was stunned.

From BBC

“You are absolutely right…The last thing you needed was to be a human sail on a cliff edge.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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