absolutely as a adverb: - 1
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absolutely
adverb
1 absolutely
Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers:
— An absolutely magnificent painting.
synonyms: dead, perfectly, utterly.
Roget 31:
truly
etc.
(truth)
494
[in a positive degree];
decidedly,
unequivocally,
purely,
absolutely,
seriously,
essentially,
fundamentally,
radically,
downright,
in all conscience;
for the most part,
in the main.
[in a complete degree]
entirely
etc.
(completely)
52;
abundantly
etc.
(sufficiently)
639;
widely,
far and wide.
[in a great or high degree]
greatly
etc.
adj.;
much,
muckle†,
well,
indeed,
very,
very much,
a deal,
no end of,
most,
not a little;
pretty,
pretty well;
enough,
in a great measure,
richly;
to a large extent,
to a great extent,
to a gigantic extent;
on a large scale;
so;
never so,
ever so;
ever so dole;
scrap,
shred,
tag,
splinter,
rag,
much;
by wholesale;
mighty,
powerfully;
with a witness,
ultra [Lat.],
in the extreme,
extremely,
exceedingly,
intensely,
exquisitely,
acutely,
indefinitely,
immeasurably;
beyond compare,
beyond comparison,
beyond measure,
beyond all bounds;
incalculably,
infinitely.
[in a supreme degree]
preeminently,
superlatively
etc.
(superiority)
33.
[in a too great degree]
immoderately,
monstrously,
preposterously,
inordinately,
exorbitantly,
excessively,
enormously,
out of all proportion,
with a vengeance.
[in a marked degree]
particularly,
remarkably,
singularly,
curiously,
uncommonly,
unusually,
peculiarly,
notably,
signally,
strikingly,
pointedly,
mainly,
chiefly;
famously,
egregiously,
prominently,
glaringly,
emphatically,
kat exochin [Gr.],
strangely,
wonderfully,
amazingly,
surprisingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
marvelously,
awfully,
stupendously.
[in an exceptional degree]
peculiarly
etc.
(unconformity)
83.
[in a violent degree]
furiously
etc.
(violence)
173;
severely,
desperately,
tremendously,
extravagantly,
confoundedly,
deucedly,
devilishly,
with a vengeance;
a outrance†,
a toute outrance [Fr.].
[in a painful degree]
painfully,
sadly,
grossly,
sorely,
bitterly,
piteously,
grievously,
miserably,
cruelly,
woefully,
lamentably,
shockingly,
frightfully,
dreadfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
horribly.
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2 absolutely
Totally and definitely; without question.
Moby thesaurus: OK, Roger, a outrance, actually, affirmatively, all out, all right, alright, alrighty, altogether, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assertively, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, beyond all bounds, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, by all means, categorically, certainly, clean, clearly, completely, da, de facto, dead, decidedly, decisively, declaratively, definitely, directly, distinctly, doubtless, doubtlessly, downright, emphatically, entirely, essentially, even, exactly, expressly, extremely, faithfully, faultlessly, fine, flat out, flawlessly, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for sure, forsooth, fully, fundamentally, genuinely, good, good enough, hear, ideally, immaculately, immeasurably, impeccably, in actuality, in all respects, in effect, in every respect, in fact, in reality, in the extreme, in truth, incalculably, indeed, indeedy, indefinitely, indubitably, infallibly, infinitely, ipsissimis verbis, irretrievably, irrevocably, ja, just, just right, just so, literally, literatim, mais oui, manifestly, most, most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement, nothing else but, obviously, of course, okay, oui, perfectly, plain, plumb, point-blank, positively, precisely, predicatively, purely, quite, radically, rather, really, right, righto, rigidly, rigorously, sheer, spotlessly, square, squarely, stark, straight, strictly, sure, sure thing, surely, thoroughly, to a certainty, to be sure, to the letter, totally, truly, unconditionally, under oath, undeviatingly, unequivocally, unerringly, unmistakably, unquestionably, unrelievedly, unreservedly, utterly, verbally, verbatim, verbatim et litteratim, veritably, very well, well and good, wholly, why yes, with a vengeance, with emphasis, word by word, word for word, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree ... show more.
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