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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AB'SOLUTELY, adv.
1. Completely, wholly, as a thing is absolutely unintelligible.
2. Without dependence or relation; in a state unconnected
Absolutely we cannot discommend, we cannot absolutely approve, either willingness to live, or forwardness to die.
3. Without restriction or limitation; as God reigns absolutely.
4. Without condition, as God does not forgive absolutely, but upon condition of faith and repentance.
5. Positively, peremptorily, as command me absolutely not to go.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "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" [syn: absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead]
2: totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 14th century 1. in an absolute manner or condition — often used as an intensive <absolutely brilliant> 2. with respect to absolute values <an absolutely convergent series>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 completely, utterly, perfectly (absolutely marvellous; he absolutely denies it). 2 independently; in an absolute sense (God exists absolutely). 3 (foll. by neg.) (no or none) at all (absolutely no chance of winning; absolutely nowhere). 4 colloq. in actual fact; positively (it absolutely exploded). 5 Gram. in an absolute way, esp. (of a verb) without a stated object. 6 colloq. (used in reply) quite so; yes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Absolutely Ab"so*lute*ly, adv. In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Absolutely means totally and completely. Jill is absolutely right... I absolutely refuse to get married... There is absolutely no difference! ADV: usu ADV adj/adv, also ADV with v [emphasis] 2. Some people say absolutely as an emphatic way of saying yes or of agreeing with someone. They say absolutely not as an emphatic way of saying no or of disagreeing with someone. 'It's worrying, isn't it?'—'Absolutely.'... ADV: ADV as reply [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. 1. Completely, unconditionally, without limit, definitely. 2. Truly, actually, positively, indeed, really, in fact, in reality, in truth, unquestionably, indubitably, beyond peradventure, infallibly.

Moby Thesaurus

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