as in totally
in a complete or unlimited way
She's absolutely certain she remembered to lock the door before leaving.
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Recent Examples of absolutely
Some of the stunts and effects in this list absolutely dwarf that amount.
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Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
Posey as a home-renovation host would be absolutely delicious.
—Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 June 2025
The head of our makeup department was absolutely phenomenal at her job.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2025
But Frenkie was absolutely all football — getting the ball, dribbling past everyone, scoring all the goals.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
Posey as a home-renovation host would be absolutely delicious.
—Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 June 2025
The head of our makeup department was absolutely phenomenal at her job.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2025
But Frenkie was absolutely all football — getting the ball, dribbling past everyone, scoring all the goals.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolutely
Adverb
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Officially, the merger review process and the Trump lawsuit are totally separate matters.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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The confusion stems from language the White House used in the directive that will totally or partially suspend entry into the United States and the issuance of immigrant and non-immigrant visas to nationals of the 19 countries.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
Adverb
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The name steadily declined over the following decades and fell off the list of top 1,000 entirely after 2019.2 Wieber, who won gold as part of the Fierce Five at the 2012 London Olympics, is now head coach of the University of Arkansas women's gymnastics team.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
13 June 2025
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This is unexpected, even counterintuitive, in a play about an elderly woman with mobility issues and a humanoid machine, yet such physicality is entirely normal in a Rivera play.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2025
Adverb
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Forced to be an armchair detective, he’s assisted in his sleuthing by girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly, utterly gorgeous and talking in a tiny voice that sounds as if her throat had been chilled with a constant supply of ice drops).—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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With their men slaughtered, local women in the epic like Briseis are driven to a horrific existence, enslaved by their Greek captors and the killers of their fathers, husbands and brothers—utterly powerless victims of war, subject to the soldiers’ every whim, including rape.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
Adverb
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He’s read a few books on the subject, but he’s also discovered—as all risk-takers eventually do—that practice and game day are two wholly different animals.—
Levi King,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Narrating what happened with the boy in the autopsy room turned out to be wholly different from experiencing it; the riptide shock of that moment slowed to a largo of painful excavation.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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After the fire is fully contained, the next step is to control it.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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People from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen will be fully restricted.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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It’s been quite a year for Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton, who both lead hit shows.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
15 June 2025
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While that is quite close to the FOMC’s target, it was dragged down by a decline in energy prices.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
Adverb
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So when the lawyer suggested Forrest had been the initial aggressor, his old bandmate was thoroughly pissed.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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At his age, Jones thoroughly believes exercise is essential to living a full, healthy life — not just physically, but mentally.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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Zombie series in these settings are still going to be pricey, and so AMC certainly has that to consider.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Paella Valenciana Paella is perhaps the most famous Spanish dish of all, and certainly one of the most abused.—
Jon Yeomans,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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“Absolutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolutely. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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