# absolutely

Pronunciation: US say "ab-suh-LOOT-lee" /ˌæb.səˈlut.li/; UK say "AB-suh-loot-lee" /ˈæb.səˌl(j)uːt.li/

## Adverb

1. Completely and without any limit or reservation; also used to add emphasis, meaning extremely.
   - Simple: Completely, with no limits, or very much, used to make a word stronger.
   - _The agreement gives the trustee absolutely unconditional control over the funds._
   - _He trusted his partner absolutely, without a single reservation._
3. Considered in itself, without reference to other things or factors.
   - Simple: On its own, without comparing to other things or factors.
   - _Economists warn that wealth measured absolutely tells you little about how people actually live._
   - _Considered absolutely, the figure is alarming, though it shrinks beside the totals from earlier decades._

## Interjection

2. Yes, certainly; used to express strong, emphatic agreement.
   - Simple: A strong way to say yes and show you fully agree.
   - _Do you support the new schedule? Absolutely. Count me in._
   - _When the reporter asked if she would run again, she answered, "Absolutely."_

## Origin

From late Middle English absolutly, formed from absolute plus the adverb ending -ly, and already used by Chaucer in his Boece in the late fourteenth century.

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