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# absolutely

adverb (absolutely)

«absolutely» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Completely, totally: absolutely right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#m1)
2. Used as a strong «yes» when you agree: «Absolutely!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#m2)
3. With «not» or «nothing», a strong «no»: absolutely not, absolutely nothing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#m3)
4. (informal) Used to make a feeling stronger: absolutely starving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#m4)

### In the lessons

Very common in talk to agree warmly or to stress a word; in maths problems «absolutely certain» means probability 1.

### Examples

- Are you coming? — Absolutely! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x1)
- You are absolutely right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x2)
- I'm absolutely starving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x3)
- Absolutely not, you can't go out in this storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x4)
- There was absolutely nothing left in the fridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x5)
- The sunset was absolutely beautiful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x6)
- Make absolutely sure the tap is off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x7)
- But since you ask me, I must confess that it lacks three things to make it absolutely perfect." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: absolute + ly, keep the e (absolutely). Stress is on «lute»: ab-so-LUTE-ly. Overused in speech; in writing choose a precise word.

## In Jewish tradition

Very common in talk to agree warmly or to stress a word; in maths problems «absolutely certain» means probability 1.

### Note

Spelling: absolute + ly, keep the e (absolutely). Stress is on «lute»: ab-so-LUTE-ly. Overused in speech; in writing choose a precise word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «absolutely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absolutely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«absolutely» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/absolutely.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «absolutely» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/absolutely/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«absolutely» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/absolutely.html) on Mova free.