not absolutely

ADVERB

virtually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically essentially nearly practically

WEAK

around as good as effectually for all intents and purposes fundamentally give or take a little guesstimate implicitly in all but name in effect in essence in substance in the ballpark in the neighborhood morally not actually something like upwards of

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"We believe he's probably going to need surgery, but that's still not absolutely confirmed, but it probably rules him out for the rest of the season," Everton manager David Moyes told reporters on Friday.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

"The real selfish thing to do is have a child when you're not absolutely sure that you want one."

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

“I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty about different things,” Feynman said in 1981, “but I’m not absolutely sure of anything.”

From Salon • May 20, 2025

"We have shown, however, that this is not absolutely true," explains Mariam Museridze.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

I—and maybe now even the Pigman—were the only ones he knew who could understand that doing something like roller-skating out of Beekman’s was not absolutely crazy.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

not absolutely

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