absolutely
adverb (absolutely)
Everyday
- Completely, totally: absolutely right. tree →
- Used as a strong «yes» when you agree: «Absolutely!» tree →
- With «not» or «nothing», a strong «no»: absolutely not, absolutely nothing. tree →
- (informal) Used to make a feeling stronger: absolutely starving. tree →
In the lessons
Very common in talk to agree warmly or to stress a word; in maths problems «absolutely certain» means probability 1.
Examples
- Are you coming? — Absolutely! tree →
- You are absolutely right. tree →
- I'm absolutely starving. tree →
- Absolutely not, you can't go out in this storm. tree →
- There was absolutely nothing left in the fridge. tree →
- The sunset was absolutely beautiful. tree →
- Make absolutely sure the tap is off. tree →
- But since you ask me, I must confess that it lacks three things to make it absolutely perfect." tree →
Note
Spelling: absolute + ly, keep the e (absolutely). Stress is on «lute»: ab-so-LUTE-ly. Overused in speech; in writing choose a precise word.
In Jewish tradition
Very common in talk to agree warmly or to stress a word; in maths problems «absolutely certain» means probability 1.
Note
Spelling: absolute + ly, keep the e (absolutely). Stress is on «lute»: ab-so-LUTE-ly. Overused in speech; in writing choose a precise word.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «absolutely» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «absolutely» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «absolutely» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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