absolutely

comparative more absolutely · superlative most absolutely

1. In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

   Synonyms: all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold, blind, altogether, stark, cold

2. 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

   Synonyms: abstractedly, abstractly, apart, discretely, independently, individually, properly, separately

3. 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

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   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

1. Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

   Is Bob a good teacher? Absolutely!

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   Do you want a free cookie with that coffee? Absolutely!