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
True to its name, this flower is absolutely j’adorable.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
The block was absolutely absurd, but after swatting Deandre Ayton on an alley-oop dunk attempt in Game 4 of the 2021 NBA Finals, that type of block has become a trademark of sorts for Antetokounmpo.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
There's so much - there's so many - many countries that have absolutely no access to any funding, no one's paying any - any attention to it.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
An 11-year-old's Christmas came early with a special surprise that left him absolutely over the moon.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
The block was absolutely absurd, but after swatting Deandre Ayton on an alley-oop dunk attempt in Game 4 of the 2021 NBA Finals, that type of block has become a trademark of sorts for Antetokounmpo.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
There's so much - there's so many - many countries that have absolutely no access to any funding, no one's paying any - any attention to it.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
An 11-year-old's Christmas came early with a special surprise that left him absolutely over the moon.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolutely
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In four of the last five presidential elections (and five of the past seven), the electorate has not only turned out the party in power but exchanged the sitting president for someone almost totally opposite from his predecessor.Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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Katie Holmes once again proved that bag ladies are totally stylish.Clara McMahon, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Trump's team moved to throw out the case entirely last month.Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Pornhub’s brand reset—better transparency, stricter moderation and verification, creator-friendly—won’t entirely shift the conversation from where the company has fallen short.Jason Parham, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
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Prior to this past summer, its host was an utterly anonymous Gen Z woman named Haliey Welch, a factory worker from Belfast, Tennessee.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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In response to the utterly baffling discussion as to whether people should be allowed to sing along with Wicked in theaters (absolutely not), Universal is rolling out a bunch of screenings specifically for the folks who fancy themselves background vocalists.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 10 Dec. 2024
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If Fishman’s math holds up, ESPN could be looking at a 20% boost in overall revenue in just seven years’ time—a feat that likely would be wholly improbable if the sports unit were to maintain the status quo or promote the streaming tyro at the expense of the foundational TV network.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Soon after the shooting occurred, some X users, including prominent anti-trans accounts, began circulating wholly unsubstantiated claims that Rupnow was trans.Abby Monteil, Them, 17 Dec. 2024
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The key would be not fully enclosing the track giving emissions and sound a place to go.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Because the tax credits are defined by law, Congress would have to act to fully remove them, and the auto industry is already lobbying to try to defend them.Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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Every team in the league is going to aggressively pursue the young flamethrower, so acquiring him may be quite tough.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dylan’s first meeting with Joan Baez didn’t happen quite like that.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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But they were thoroughly dominated Sunday afternoon.Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Notice that all these recipes—the Veronese, the Venetian, the Mantuan, and so forth—are thoroughly grounded in the what and the where.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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His time with Bedard is certainly over, for now at least.Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Absolutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolutely. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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