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
This is an awesome plan that absolutely won’t inadvertently kill everyone.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The view from Oyster River, the hotel’s rooftop bar and restaurant absolutely can’t be beat.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
This is one of those Sandler movies where the kitchen sink is absolutely overflowing and everything is chaos.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
At the 1997 premiere, the actress absolutely epitomized late '90s fashion in her strapless satin dress and top-handle bag.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The view from Oyster River, the hotel’s rooftop bar and restaurant absolutely can’t be beat.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
This is one of those Sandler movies where the kitchen sink is absolutely overflowing and everything is chaos.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 July 2025
At the 1997 premiere, the actress absolutely epitomized late '90s fashion in her strapless satin dress and top-handle bag.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolutely
Adverb
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Heckerling’s inventive, bespoke Valley Girl lingo is totally peerless.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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In the comics, the character was a soulful alien with a totally rad interstellar surfboard and a lot of existential ennui.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
Adverb
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The farm also runs partly on solar power and processes olives entirely onsite, emphasizing freshness and control.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely as of Wednesday evening.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
31 July 2025
Adverb
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Van Wessel captures how something can be at once utterly horrible, an emotional devastation for which no one is prepared, and also grimly routine.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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After more than two years of civil war, the scale of obliteration was utterly tragic.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
30 July 2025
Adverb
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It’s been a long, brutal, wildly partisan, and wholly unlikely slog to get here, but Shari Redstone finally gets to preserve her family fortune by selling her patrimony, the media empire laboriously assembled by father Sumner, for about $8.5 billion and goodness knows how much cortisol and angst.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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An invitation to fight forward against erasure, to integrate my culture and my country together, wholly.—
Natalie Guerrero
July 28,
Literary Hub,
28 July 2025
Adverb
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The yard art in Bisbee is rough around the edges and fully part of its landscape-sun-faded, dust-covered, alive with personality.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
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But after seeing Kere could stand on the leg and still had fully functioning toes, Ammann decided to get creative.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
Adverb
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Weaver has also dealt with injuries this season and has not been quite as sharp.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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That’s actually worked out really well so far as the unlikely duo has gelled quite nicely and Flair is arguably more over as a babyface than she’s ever been.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The Dayton band, which rose to fame in the 1970s, filled its set with a variety of theatrics and gimmicks that left me thoroughly entertained.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
27 July 2025
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Stir together peanut butter, pepper jelly, and remaining 1/2 cup chicken broth in a medium bowl until thoroughly combined.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
26 July 2025
Adverb
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The heat was certainly a factor for the audience, which brought handheld folding fans and tried to stay hydrated in the near 100-degree temperatures.—
Courtney Devores,
Charlotte Observer,
28 July 2025
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Russia is certainly a threat to the United States and its European allies in NATO — but European nations can and should take the lead for the conventional defense of Europe, given that their population is five times and their economy is 10 times that of Russia.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
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“Absolutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolutely. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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