adverb
definition
In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
definition
Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.
definition
(grammar) In a manner that does not take an object.
interjection
definition
Yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.
example
Do you want a free cookie with that coffee? Absolutely!
Examples of absolutely in a Sentence
Cookies are absolutely forbidden.
Everything is absolutely perfect.
Remember, be absolutely quiet.
All this is absolutely true.
I absolutely must see him, however painful it may be for me.
It was hard to remind herself she'd done absolutely nothing to earn it in this life.
She looked absolutely terrible.
It was absolutely adorable.
Absolutely. It will take me at least a couple hours, Go!
You are absolutely not going to buy anything!
We cannot even be absolutely certain when the frontier laid out by Pius was equipped with the Pfahlgraben and Teufelsmauer.
Dean planned to telephone Fred directly from Willoughby's to make absolutely sure no inquisitive eavesdropper could arrive at the bar before he was securely in place.
I felt absolutely alone, cut off from my friends and the firm earth.
There was absolutely nothing that Dean could see to indicate any unusual pattern or unaccounted time.
I had no real power and absolutely no guidance from you or anyone else on what my role was.
But though the same statute absolutely prohibited bowling alleys, Henry VIII.
In this, she would always remain a better person than the twisted, abusive man who had controlled her so absolutely before she killed him.
I did nothing to encourage him and you did absolutely nothing to prevent it.
And anyway, Cade definitely isn't romantically interested in me, so there's absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
Consider first how slight a shelter is absolutely necessary.
He gazed into the cellar from all sides and points of view by turns, always lying down to it, as if there was some treasure, which he remembered, concealed between the stones, where there was absolutely nothing but a heap of bricks and ashes.
In the struggle between Syracuse and Athens (415-413) the city remained absolutely neutral.
While Howie, between his brain damage, operations and lengthy coma created a rare combination of mental soup, could we say with any certainty that his ability was absolutely unique to him?
We've convinced ourselves we're absolutely correct but we don't demand that of others.
One of the most essential points in a good micrometer is that all the webs shall be so nearly in the same plane as to be well in focus together under the highest powers used, and at the same time absolutely free from " fiddling."
The position of the ambo was not absolutely uniform; sometimes in the central point between the sanctuary and the nave, sometimes in the middle of the church, and sometimes at one or both of the sides of the chancel.
Four out of his five papers on applied mathematics were sent up absolutely blank.
To be able to crush it absolutely he awaited the arrival of the rest of the troops who were on their way from Vienna, and with this object offered a three days' truce on condition that both armies should remain in position without moving.
Pierre absolutely disbelieved both the princess' hints and the letter, but he feared now to look at Dolokhov, who was sitting opposite him.
Conceal nothing from me, I wish to know absolutely how things are.
Even better, it will be absolutely organic.
Frequent breaks were absolutely necessary and exhaustion was a never ending condition.
The loss of charge is due to more than one cause, and it is difficult to attribute an absolutely definite meaning even to results obtained with the cover on.
In the initial stages of the Apostolic Church it was no doubt sufficient to have a plurality of presbyters with absolutely similar duties and powers.
It is probable that the power of Aegina had steadily declined during the twenty years after Salamis, and that it had declined absolutely, as well as relatively, to that of Athens.
But there are also species, though not Passerine, which are absolutely identical with those of Britain, the barn owl, common quail, pigmy rail, and little grebe or dabchick, all of them common and apparently resident in the island.
This is absolutely the case.
Thus has been preserved an absolutely unique historical document of great importance, recounting (I) the numerous public offices and honours conferred on him, (2) his various benefactions to the state, to the plebs and to his soldiers, and (3) his military and administrative services to the empire.
The use of atropine is absolutely contra-indicated in any case where the intra-ocular tension already is, or threatens to become, unduly high.
But in so far as these details related to expenditure he was fully justified, for it was absolutely essential for him to have a large army, and with a small state this was impossible unless he carefully prevented unnecessary outlay.
In the European mink the upper lip is also white, but, as this occasionally occurs in American specimens, it fails as an absolutely distinguishing character.
The capture of William at Alnwick, in July 1174, permitted a Celtic revolt in Galloway, and necessitated the Treaty of Falaise, by which for fifteen years Scotland was absolutely a fief of England, though the clergy maintained their independence of the see of York, which was recognized by Pope Clement III.
Henceforth, for lack of a commander of Dundee's genius, there was no real danger from the clans, and absolutely no chance of a rising of the lowland Jacobites in their support.
On the first opportunity Bacon rose and briefly pointed out that the earl's plea of having done nothing save what was absolutely necessary to defend his life from the machinations of his enemies was weak and worthless, inasmuch as these enemies were purely imaginary; and he compared his case to that of Peisistratus, who had made use of a somewhat similar stratagem to cloak his real designs upon the city of Athens.
The particular laws are as our points of view, as, to the traveller, a mountain outline varies with every step, and it has an infinite number of profiles, though absolutely but one form.
When a husband dies 'intestate leaving a widow and issue, the widow is entitled to the life use of one-third of the real estate and to one-third of the personal estate absolutely.
On the other hand there is nothing absolutely decisive against their origin being southern.
There are two orders, the Marsupialia and the Monotremata, which do not possess this organ; both these are found in Australia, to which region indeed they are not absolutely confined.
Trade between the federated colonies to be absolutely free.
The bill, however, fell absolutely dead, not because it was not a good bill, but because the movement out of which it arose had not popular initiative, and therefore failed to reach the popular imagination.