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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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