What is the meaning of absolutely?

adverb

  • Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers.
    • usage: "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"
  • Totally and definitely; without question.
    • usage: "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
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