absolutely

Definition

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

Etymology

From late Middle English absolutly, equivalent to absolute + -ly. First attested in 1425.

Example Sentences

• "Another characteristic of numbers, which does not concern their mutual relations so much as themselves absolutely, is their ability, according to the ideas of Nicomachus, to conform to geometrical arrangements."
• "But when it came to posing for publicity pictures they proved absolutely brilliant doing just what came naturally."
• "The strength of the mouse is absolutely spectacular for various kinds of issues, until you find out that the mouse has absolutely no extracellular matrix to speak of in his optic nerve head."