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| 1. | [ adverb ] completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | perfectly utterly dead | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | absolute arrant arrant arrant | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] totally and definitely; without question | |
| Examples: | "we are absolutely opposed to the idea" "he forced himself to lie absolutely still" "iron is absolutely necessary" |
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| Related terms: | absolute absolute | |
| Similar spelling: |
absolute absolutist absoluteness absolutism absolution absolute_zero absolve absolvitory absolver absolved absolutistic |
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