absolutely Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
    perfectly; dead; utterly.
    • an absolutely magnificent painting
    • a perfectly idiotic idea
    • you're perfectly right
    • utterly miserable
    • you can be dead sure of my innocence
    • was dead tired
    • dead right
  2. adverb totally and definitely; without question
    • we are absolutely opposed to the idea
    • he forced himself to lie absolutely still
    • iron is absolutely necessary

WordNet


Ab"so*lute*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

Webster 1913