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Definition: Absolutely |
AbsolutelyAdverb1. Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right". 2. Totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "absolutely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Multilingual Slang | Hungarian (tök). (references) |
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Synonyms: AbsolutelySynonyms: dead (adv), perfectly (adv), utterly (adv). (additional references) |
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Greatness | Adverb: truly; (truth); decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main. |
Negation | Deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie. |
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Screenplays | I'm absolutely certain of it. (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick) David, the girl is absolutely useless (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross; Anne Spielberg) And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead (The Terminator; writing credit: James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, Harlan Ellison) You're just absolutely right, and I'm absolutely wrong (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.) Bob and the rest of us had made a note to do absolutely nothing (S.L.C. Punk!; writing credit: James Merendino.) | |
Lyrics | I absolutely love her, (Absolutely (Story Of A Girl); performing artist: Nine Days) Absolutely nothing ("War"; performing artist: Edwin Starr) Ya absolutely right, for somethin happen to me on last Tuesday night (Po' Folks; performing artist: Nappy Roots) Follow me to a place where we can be absolutely free (SKY; performing artist: Sonique) | |
Clever | Even Popeye didn't eat his spinach until he absolutely had to. (references; author: unknown) The most precious thing we have is life. Yet it has absolutely no trade-in value. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | George Benson: Absolutely Live (2000) Absolutely Everybody (2000) The Absolutely Outrageous Adventures of the Politically Incorrect Bikini Babes of Arizona (1997) How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995) Absolutely Fabulous (1992) | |
Song Titles | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) (performing artist: Nine Days) | |
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 | The fire-escape was absolutely empty. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Doonesbury. Absolutely not! They have all the evidence they need!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "I can swim!" by Milca Mulders Commentary: "My little boy in the swimming pool: he is absolutely crazy about water!." | "_STARS" by Janus R. Sørensen Commentary: "I see the stars Best viewed when listening to 'I See the Moon' by Bassic @ www.mp3.com/bassic Some absolutely beautiful audio." |
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Ann Landers | The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. |
Henry David Thoreau | What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats? |
John Ruskin | The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. |
Lord Acton | Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
Lord Melbourne | If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. |
Oscar Wilde | Newspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon. |
| A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. | |
| The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake. | |
René Descartes | Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. |
Walt Whitman | Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely. |
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John Locke | 1690 | It is not necessary, no, nor so much as convenient, that the legislative should be always in being; but absolutely necessary that the executive power should, because there is not always need of new laws to be made, but always need of execution of the laws that are made. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The average price of wage-labour is the minimum wage, i.e., that quantum of the means of subsistence, which is absolutely requisite in bare existence as a labourer. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | On the expiration of two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty there must only exist in Germany the number of military schools which is absolutely indispensable for the recruitment of the officers of the units allowed. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She absolutely refused to allow me, which I then thought most unreasonable |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | In truth, she seemed absolutely hidden behind it. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She was sleeping in the absolutely confiding slumber peculiar to her age. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He told himself calmly that those words had absolutely no sense which had seemed to rise murmurously from the dark |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | This accident absolutely determined Glumdalclitch never to trust me abroad for the future out of her sight |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Consider first how slight a shelter is absolutely necessary |
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Health | If you are not absolutely sure, see your doctor. (references) | |
Pregnant women should be vaccinated only if absolutely necessary. (references) | ||
The Federal ban on funding for needle exchange programs as well as restrictions on selling injection equipment are absolutely contraindicated and erect formidable barriers to implementing what is known to be effective. (references) | ||
Business | Establishing and enforcing emission standards are absolutely necessary to improve every aspect of the environment. (references) | |
On the whole, this trend has hurt American companies, and has limited them to participation in projects that absolutely demand quality and/or technical expertise and specialization, notably energy and utilities work and major building projects such as towers. (references) | ||
High credit costs and inflation have made financing imports of goods and services very difficult, and any financing package a service supplier can put together will increase chances for a successful sale. After a two year restriction on foreign currency access, the government reestablished the end of foreign exchange controls in April 1996. Currently there are absolutely no restrictions in the flow of foreign currency in or out of the country. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Philippines | The Department of National Defense issued code-of-conduct instructions that included provisions that military offensives could not be begun during Muslim prayer hours "unless absolutely required." In July President Macapagal-Arroyo issued strict instructions to the military that mosques were not to become targets and no mosques were to be entered in pursuit of suspects. (references) |
Economic History | Ukraine | Coordination and agreement regarding sales policies and pricing is absolutely necessary. (references) |
Switzerland | Personal participation is not absolutely mandatory since catalog and video displays at shows often garner an excellent response. (references) | |
Travel | Kazakhstan | Visas are absolutely necessary in Kazakhstan: travelers risk being deported if they do not have valid visas. (references) |
Colombia | Those who absolutely must travel to facilities in outlying areas (most commonly oil and mining professionals and technicians) are advised to adhere strictly to the security regulations and guidelines established by their companies. (references) | |
Armenia | Due to differences in interpretation and understanding of some business terminology (some of which is very new for Armenia), U.S. businessmen are strongly encouraged to make absolutely sure that the content of their communications, negotiations and agreements with Armenian partners is thoroughly understood. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Oman | The law stipulates that "it is absolutely forbidden to provoke a strike for any reason." Labor unrest is rare. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science. The modern Theosophist holds, with the Buddhists, that we live an incalculable number of times on this earth, in as many several bodies, because one life is not long enough for our complete spiritual development; that is, a single lifetime does not suffice for us to become as wise and good as we choose to wish to become. To be absolutely wise and good -- that is perfection; and the Theosophist is so keen-sighted as to have observed that everything desirous of improvement eventually attains perfection. Less competent observers are disposed to except cats, which seem neither wiser nor better than they were last year. The greatest and fattest of recent Theosophists was the late Madame Blavatsky, who had no cat. |
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General Richard Myers | Absolutely, and not just in Pakistan. As we've stated many time, that this war needs to be fought with all instruments of national power, not just the military. And that was a perfect example of where civil agencies made a very big find in Zubaydah. |
Geoffrey Hoon | That, obviously, is our ultimate aim, it's our ultimate military objective, and I remain absolutely confident that those weapons of mass destruction will be discovered. |
House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner | Absolutely. And there is a disconnect between what the field offices are finding out and the headquarters of the FBI being able to properly connect the dots and put the pieces together. |
James Dobson | Obviously I think a lot of people were absolutely blind to the racism issue at that time. I was too young to be part of it. But looking back on what I read and what I know, Martin Luther King has to be seen as a kind of a hero. |
Jon Stewart | Sir, absolutely, and it is my personal mission to find a satisfactory replacement, a performer of character, a performer of honor. |
Phil McGraw | I absolutely love it. I don't like the therapy model that we have in America, but I love figuring out why people do what they do and don't do what they don't. |
Porter Goss | Oh, absolutely. And there's a difference, of course, a distinction between the nuclear capability and the other aspects of threat posed by Saddam Hussein, not necessarily the Iraqi people. I think those are important distinctions. |
Robert Novak | Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was asked if he agreed with Senator Byrd, and he said absolutely. And then he said the things that we had at the beginning of this program. |
Rush Limbaugh | Whenever someone asks an absolutely stupid question, they will win the Katie Couric Award for that day. |
Russell Yates | Well, as far as the children, I mean, they were just absolutely the most beautiful children. And that's another way to make it, you know, another thing that makes it unimaginable for us is because we knew how much Andrea loved the children. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | A representative assembly, although extremely well qualified, and absolutely necessary, as a branch of the legislative, is unfit to exercise the executive power, for want of two essential properties, secrecy and despatch. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | The collection of any taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | But much that we once accepted as inevitable, we now find absolutely intolerable. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Energy is absolutely vital to the defense of our country, to the strength of our economy, and to the quality of our lives. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | For this reason, I consider civil service reform to be absolutely vital. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Now, you could say that this is an insurance policy for the future, a remedy that will be at hand if needed but only resorted to if absolutely necessary. |
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| "Absolutely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 98.89% of the time. "Absolutely" is used about 5,841 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 98.89% | 5,776 | 1,694 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.04% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.07% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,841 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "absolutely": absolutely not ♦ absolutely not! ♦ absolutely straight ♦ absolutely sure ♦ not absolutely ♦ that's absolutely fantastic!. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "absolutely": absolutely-other. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "absolutely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | werklik (genuinely, genuinly, indeed, really, true, truly), sowaar (actually, genuinely, genuinly, in fact, indeed, really, truly), rektig (genuinely, genuinly, indeed, really, truly), definitief (definitely, without, without fail), darem (genuinely, genuinly, indeed, really, truly), beslis (definitely, without, without fail). (various references) | |
Albanian | absolutisht (entirely, implicitly, neck and crop, utterly). (various references) | |
Arabic | كليا (altogether, completely, entirely, fully, in full, outright, totally, wholly), من غير ريب (alright, assuredly, decidedly, distinctly, easily, of course, really, sure, surely, verily), مئة بالمئة (gross, total-lot), قطعا (decidedly, definitely, firmly, in no way, noway, of course, on no account, sure), على نحو جازم, إطلاقا (at all, nothing, under no conditions), بكل ما في الكلمة من معنى (arrant, diametrically, downright). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съвършено (completely, ideally, out and out, perfectly, quite, stark, to perfection, utterly), самостоятелно (by himself, separately), разбира се (admittedly, assuredly, certainly, definitely, naturally, necessarily, needless to say, of course, rather, sure, sure enough, to be sure, you bet), неограничено (ad lib), непременно (by all means, certainly, definitely, indispensably, necessarily, needs, surely, to be sure, without fail), напълно (all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), абсолютно (implicitly), безусловно (implicitly, sure, to the letter, unreservedly, without qualification), без друго. (various references) | |
Catalan | veritablement (genuinely, indeed, really, truly). (various references) | |
Chinese | 萬萬 (wholly), 百分之百 (a hundred percent, out and out), 絕對 (absolute), 絕 (by no means, cut short, extinct, to disappear, to vanish), 绝对 (Absolute, Categorical), 斷 (break, decidedly, to judge). (various references) | |
Czech | absolutnì (dead, flat, perfectly), absolutně, zcela (all, clean, completely, entirely, fully, quite, utterly, wholly), urèitì (at all events, certainly, definitely, undoubtedly, without fail), rozhodnì (by all means, categorically, certainly, decidedly, decisively, definitely, flatly, in any event, strongly, surely), ovšem (admittedly, indeed, naturally, of course, sure, surely), naprosto (altogether, dead, entirely, flat, fully, heartily, perfectly, quite, sheer, to the hilt, totally, utterly), úplnì (all, altogether, completely, entirely, in full, off, outright, quite, sheer, throughout, to the hilt, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly), úplně. (various references) | |
Danish | induktionsspolen er indkapslet i elastomer, som udelukker enhver mulighed for kontakt med viklingerne (the inductor is embedded in an elastomer block which makes it absolutely impossible for the windings to be touched), en toerring af borevaegge eller af foringsroer er absolut noedvendig,da man kan risikere ved et halvtoert borehul,at det er umuligt at faa boreskaerver op,samt at boreroerene saetter sig fast (drying of the walls of the hole or of the casing is absolutely necessary because a badly dried well may interfere with the upflow of the drill cuttings and cause sticking of the drill pipes). (various references) | |
Dutch | ten enenmale, beslist (definitely, firm, peremptory, resolute, without fail), absoluut (absolute). (various references) | |
Esperanto | absolute, vere (genuinly, indeed, really, truly), nepre (definitely, without fail), efektive (actually, in fact). (various references) | |
Faeroese | avgjørt (definitely, without fail), endiliga (at last, at long last, definitely, finally, ultimately, without fail). (various references) | |
Finnish | ehdottomasti (definitely, positively, without fail). (various references) | |
French | absolument, vraiment. (various references) | |
German | durchaus (by all means, completely, definitely, perfectly, quite, really, thoroughly, without fail), absolut (absolute, complete, definitely, downright, outright, perfectly, starkly, strict, strictly, total, undivided, utterly, without fail). (various references) | |
Greek | απόλυτα, απολύτωσ, απολύτως, τελείως (purely). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | absolutisht. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחלוטין (completely, entirely, neck and crop, utterly), באפן מוחלט (definitely), בהחלט (by all means, certainly, definitely, far and away, flat, quite so, rather). (various references) | |
Hungarian | teljesen (all, altogether, at all, clean, completely, consummately, entirely, from hub to tire up to the hub, full, fully, have sy by the leg, I am done to a frazzle, in full, it's all over with him, out and out, outright, perfectly, purely, quite, regularly, sheer, stark, starkly, thoroughly, through and through, to serve sy hand and foot, to the full, to write out, totally, utterly, wholly). (various references) | |
Icelandic | algerlega. (various references) | |
Indonesian | sama sekali (at all, roundly, totally), memang (admittedly, certainly, indeed). (various references) | |
Italian | infatti (as a matter of fact, genuinely, genuinly, in effect, in fact, indeed, really, truly), davvero (earnest, genuinely, genuinly, indeed, really, so it does, so it is, sure, truly), assolutamente (absolute, downright, severely). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 誠に (indeed, really), 誠に (indeed, really), 矢張り (also, as I thought, in spite of, of course, still), 矢っ張り (also, as I thought, in spite of, of course, still), 絶対に (unconditionally), 神掛けて (swear by god), 断然 (definitely, firmly), 断断乎 (firm, resolute), 断断固 (firm, resolute), 断じて (decidedly, positively), 只只 (emphatic modifier, only), 只々 (emphatic modifier, only), 唯々 (emphatic modifier, only), 唯唯 (emphatic modifier, only), 一切 (all, entirely, everything, the whole, without exception). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ただただ (emphatic modifier, only), ぜったいに (unconditionally), まことに (actually, indeed, really, truly), かみかけて (swear by god), いっさい (all, entirely, everything, once or twice, one year old, repeatedly, the whole, without exception), やっぱり (also, as I thought, in spite of, of course, still), やはり (also, as I thought, in spite of, of course, still), だんぜん (bullet, definitely, firmly, shell, shot), だんじて (decidedly, positively), だんだんこ (firm, resolute). (various references) | |
Korean | 절대적으로 (implicitly). (various references) | |
Manx | slane (absolute, absolute of ruler, chin-chin, complete, entire, fully, gross, healed, intact, integer, inviolate, perfect, sane, sheer, thorough, total, unbroken, undivided, unexpurgated as edition; good bye, unexpurgated; good bye, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, utter, well, whole), er dagh ooilley chor (in every respect), dy bollagh (clean, point-blank, quite, thoroughly, wholly), ass myghin (dreadfully). (various references) | |
Papiamen | apsolutamente, efektivamente (actually, in fact). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absolutelyay.(various references) | |
Polish | rzeczywiście (actually, genuinely, in fact, indeed, really, truly), koniecznie (definitely, without fail). (various references) | |
Portuguese | absolutamente (at all, definitely, quite, simply). (various references) | |
Romanian | absolut (absolute, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unqualified, unrestricted, utter), totalmente (totally, utterly), sigur (absolute, assuredly, certain, certainly, cocksure, confident, convinced, decided, dependable, indeed, it must be, positive, reliable, reliant, safe, safely, secure, self confident, sound, steady, sterling, straight, sure, surely, tenacious, trustworthy, undeniable, undoubtedly, unequivocal), pe deplin (altogether, full), nelimitat (absolute, boundless, indefinite, limitless, unbounded, uncontrollable, unlimited), neapãrat (absolute, certainly, naked, needs, open, perforce), indiscutabil (admittedly, indisputable, indubitable, unquestionable), categoric (absolute, beyond peradventure, categorical, categorically, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified). (various references) | |
Russian | совершенно (at all, clean, clear, completely, down to the ground, entirely, outright, perfectly, quite, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughout, utterly), абсолютно (sheerly, starkly, theoretically, totally, whatsoever). (various references) | |
Scottish | gu dearbh (certainly, genuinely, indeed, really, truly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | apsolutno (flatly), potpuno (all over, broadly, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, full scale, fully, outright, purely, roundly, sheer, solely, span-new, stark, thoroughly, throughly, totally, unreservedly, utterly, whole). (various references) | |
Spanish | absolutamente (at all, completely, definitely, downright, implicitly, quite, utterly), verdaderamente (correctly, genuinely, genuinly, indeed, properly, quite, really, rightfully, truly). (various references) | |
Swedish | absolut (absolute, dead, definitely, essential, every time, flatly, heart and soul, implicit, irrelative, much, positively, quite, rather, strict, teetotal, ultimate, unqualified, unquestioning, utter, utterly, very). (various references) | |
Turkish | tamamen (all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide). (various references) | |
Turkmen | dьяbьnden. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | самостійно (on one's own, singly, singularly, solely), цілком (all, all in all, all of, all out, altogether, at all, bodily, broad, clean, clear, completely, duly, en bloc, entirely, fairly, full, fully, hollow, nicely, outright, perfectly, pure, purely, quite, richly, soundly, thoroughly, well, wholly), необмежено, незалежно (on one's own), звичайно (admittedly, as a rule, assuredly, certainly, clearly, commonly, definitely, familiarly, generally, habitually, mostly, natch, naturally, normally, of course, on course, ordinarily, sure, sure thing, surely, usually, vulgarly), абсолютно (altogether, completely, downright, fully, through and through), безумовно (certainly, in very deed, natch, naturally, positively, quite so, sure, sure thing), повністю (all, all in all, chock, cold, completely, directly, entirely, fully, hollow, in the whole, in total, outright, radically, sheer, solid, throughout, totally, whole-hog, wholly). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tuyệt đối (absolute, categorical, expressly), hoàn toàn chuyên chế, chắc chắn; tất nhiên; hoàn toàn như vậy, đúng như vậy (literal). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | prorsus. (various references) |
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"Absolutely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: absluley, absoloutely, absoltely, absolutley, absolutly, Abzoelutely. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "absolutely" (pronounced a'bsuluw"tlē) |
| 4 | -uw" t l ē | acutely, astutely. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, abundantly, accidently, accurately, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-l-o-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: absolute, autolyse, ballutes, lobately, lobulate, loyalest, oblately, obtusely, outyells, tallboys. | |
-3 letters: ballets, ballots, ballute, beastly, boatels, boletus, boulles, bullate, bullets, layouts, lobules, losable, oblates, outlays, outsell, outyell, sellout, soluble, solubly, stalely, sublate, tallboy, toluyls, useably. | |
-4 letters: ablest, alleys, allots, alloys, atolls, ballet, ballot, ballsy, basely, bayous, beauts, beauty, belays, blasty, bleats, bloats, blouse. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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