What does absolutely mean?

absolutely means "completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in absolutely?

absolutely has 4 syllables: ab-solu-te-ly. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ˌæbsəˈlutli/.

What is another word for absolutely?

Close synonyms include perfectly, utterly, dead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is absolutely a common word?

absolutely is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with absolutely?

1 word rhymes with absolutely. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Absolutely — meaning, pronunciation and 2 senses

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

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”
Synonymsperfectly 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”

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