absolutely en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈæb.səˌl(j)uːt.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌæb.səˈlut.li/ (General-American)
- /ˈæb.səˌlut.li/ (General-American)
- /ˈap.səˌlʉʊt.lɪi/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˌæb.səˈl(j)uːt.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌap.səˈlʉʊt.lɪi/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ab-/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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Etymology
From late Middle English absolutly, equivalent to absolute + -ly. First attested in 1425.
Meanings
- In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
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Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.
Another characteristic of numbers, which does not concern their mutual relations so much as themselves absolutely, is their ability, according to the ideas of Nicomachus, to conform to geometrical arrangements.
1926, Nicomachus of Gerasa, Frank Egleston Robbins, Louis Charles Karpinski, translated by Martin Luther D'Ooge, Introduction to Arithmetic, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 50:
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As an intensive: extremely, very, indeed.
The most absolutely terrifying creature lifted her head.
2018, Adam Cece, The Unbelievably Scary Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls, Text Publishing, page 212:But when it came to posing for publicity pictures they proved absolutely brilliant doing just what came naturally.
1958 May 5, “Seasons' Sign in Sweden”, in LIFE, page 15:The strength of the mouse is absolutely spectacular for various kinds of issues, until you find out that the mouse has absolutely no extracellular matrix to speak of in his optic nerve head.
1995, Abbot F. Clark, Sherry Browder, H. Thomas Steely, Karen Wilson, David Cantu-Crouch, Mitchell D. McCartney, “Cell Biology of the Human Lamina Cribrosa”, in Stephen M. Drance, editor, Optic Nerve in Glaucoma, Kugler Publications, page 103:The people of the Song dynasty, when they weren’t busy singing, were absolutely obsessed with feet. No one knows why. Perhaps the constant singing drove everyone crazy.
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 39:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most absolutely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more absolutely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
absofreakinglutely · posilutely · absolutely cinematic · posolutely · positutely · absolutely flat · absofuckinglutely · absitively · absolutely convergent · absotively · absobloodylutely · absolutely continuous · absatively · power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely · absolutely summable · absofreakinlutely
Synonyms
downright · lock · particularly · properly · absolutely · head to foot · properly · soup-to-nuts · from top to bottom · perfectly · plumb · serely · together · soundly · stark · right · utterly · altogether · detailly · in detail · abstractedly · quite · heartily · out and out · entirely · first and last · all the way · wholly · absolutely · head to toe · discretely · cold · separately · top to toe · from stem to stern · handsomely · individually · severally · independently · cap-a-pie · to the core · all-out · outright · totes · singly · from top to toe · to the full · one hundred percent · sunderling · out-and-out · and sinker · blind · top to tail · line · from aardvark to zymurgy · uniquely · stock · fully · whole · flat out · apart · through and through · from the rooter to the tooter · sunderly · abstractly · categorically · at length · stone-cold · purely · from A to Z · completely · totally · at large · flat-out · from head to toe · tout à fait · in full · exhaustively · to the bone · and barrel · straight up · hook · root and branch · from soup to nuts · finally · head to tail · well and truly · whole cloth
Translations (71)
ro absolut (in an absolute manner) · bg напълно (in an absolute manner) · de absolut (in an absolute manner) · fi ehdottomasti (in an absolute manner) · ha tabbas (in an absolute manner) · de total (in an absolute manner) · grc παντελῶς (in an absolute manner) · bg изцяло (in an absolute manner) · pl absolutnie (in a manner that does not take an object) · gl chao (in an absolute manner) · pl absolutnie (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · ru абсолю́тно (in an absolute manner) · ar مطلقا (in an absolute manner) · mhr абсолютно (in an absolute manner) · oc absoludament (in an absolute manner) · nl onafhankelijk (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · nl absoluut (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · nl geheel op zichzelf staand (in a manner that does not take an object) · gl absolutamente (in an absolute manner) · de gar (in an absolute manner) · eo tute (in an absolute manner) · ky абсолюттуу (in an absolute manner) · arz مطلقا (in an absolute manner) · de unbedingt (in an absolute manner) · de durchaus (in an absolute manner) · ar على الإطلاق (in an absolute manner) · ar بإطلاق (in an absolute manner) · ja 絶対に (in an absolute manner) · es absolutamente (in an absolute manner) · nb absolutt (in an absolute manner) · bg съвършенно (in an absolute manner) · ga go huile agus go hiomlán (in an absolute manner) · bg абсолютно (in an absolute manner) · de überhaupt (in an absolute manner) · nb absolutt (in a manner that does not take an object) · pl absolutnie (in an absolute manner) · pt absolutamente (in an absolute manner) · hi बिल्कुल (in an absolute manner) · ro absolut (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · sk absolútne (in an absolute manner) · grc τελείως (in an absolute manner) · sv absolut (in an absolute manner) · nb uavhengig (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · gl talmente (in an absolute manner) · fi absoluuttisesti (in a manner that does not take an object) · pl bezwzględnie (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · fr absolument (in an absolute manner) · csm ˀoma· (in an absolute manner) · it assolutamente (in an absolute manner) · cmn 完全地 (in an absolute manner) · fi absoluuttisesti (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · io absolute (in an absolute manner) · hy բացարձակապես (in an absolute manner) · cmn 絕對地 /绝对地 (in an absolute manner) · hy անպայման (in an absolute manner) · eo nepre (in an absolute manner) · ga amach is amach (in an absolute manner) · cs naprosto (in an absolute manner) · ca absolutament (in an absolute manner) · nl absoluut (in an absolute manner) · ga go hiomlán (in an absolute manner) · vo go (in an absolute manner) · ha sosai (in an absolute manner) · hi बिलकुल (in an absolute manner) · sa केवल (in an absolute manner) · es totalmente (in an absolute manner) · da absolut (in an absolute manner) · ru соверше́нно (in an absolute manner) · pl bezwarunkowo (independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors) · eo absolute (in an absolute manner) · da fuldstændig (in an absolute manner)