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Antonyms for absolutely
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : ab-suh-loot-lee, ab-suh-loot- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæb səˈlut li, ˈæb səˌlut- |
Definition of absolutely
Origin :- late 14c., "unconditionally, completely," from absolute (adj.) + -ly (2). From mid-15c. as "without reference to anything else, not relatively;" meaning "to the utmost degree" emerged by mid-16c. As a colloquial emphatic in American English, it is attested from 1892.
- adv certainly, without question
- adv in a complete manner, degree
- I have absolutely refused the latter, let what will (as I have told her) be the consequence.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And I declare to you, that I know not my own heart, if it not be absolutely free.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Thackeray thought that it had "absolutely stopped" the sale.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- The ability to love cleanly and absolutely is the supreme virtue.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of you, or with our schemes for money-making.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "I'm not absolutely useless where I am, you know, Max," he said.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- And this time he had lost her absolutely, lost her without a struggle to keep her.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I absolutely declined to accept or admit the enormous truth hidden in them.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- A race course is like a household, everything is known, absolutely everything.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- His passion was absolutely love, nothing else—love at first sight.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Synonyms for absolutely
- actually
- categorically
- come hell or high water
- completely
- conclusively
- consummately
- decidedly
- decisively
- definitely
- doubtless
- easily
- entirely
- exactly
- for sure
- fully
- no ifs ands or buts
- no strings attached
- on the button
- on the money
- on the nose
- positively
- precisely
- really
- right on
- straight out
- sure as can be
- sure as hell
- sure enough
- sure thing
- surely
- the very thing
- thoroughly
- truly
- unambiguously
- unconditionally
- unquestionably
- utterly
- wholly
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