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in a complete or unlimited way
She's absolutely certain she remembered to lock the door before leaving.
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Annie Blackman, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
Pay a little attention to the principles of balance and use the right stuff, however, and the Cosmopolitan becomes an absolutely delightful drink, juicy with citrus, bright with cranberry, surprisingly strong and impressively clean.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2026
Now, it is absolutely sought after, very desirable, and highly collected.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 7 Feb. 2026
But the director of the movie does absolutely nothing to sort of dig at that tension in an interesting way.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
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Annie Blackman, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
Pay a little attention to the principles of balance and use the right stuff, however, and the Cosmopolitan becomes an absolutely delightful drink, juicy with citrus, bright with cranberry, surprisingly strong and impressively clean.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2026
Now, it is absolutely sought after, very desirable, and highly collected.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 7 Feb. 2026
But the director of the movie does absolutely nothing to sort of dig at that tension in an interesting way.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolutely
Adverb
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This scene in Seoul in January may seem totally contrary to the usual headlines from South Korea, of plummeting birth rates and a looming demographic crisis that also threatens to swallow neighboring Japan and China.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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But that structure remains undermined by a pension funding system that totally ignores it, benefits wealthier school districts more than poor ones and treats Chicago differently than everyone else.—
John Cullerton,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The home’s original exterior remains largely the same, but Eldridge completely renovated the former duplex into a reception area and studio space for the photography business, then added a brand-new living space to the back.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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The full-grain leather upper is completely waterproof, too.—
Olivia Dubyak,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But her glam team went in an entirely different retro direction, evoking the murder-mystery vibes behind the series and throwing it back to the 1960s with a Hitchcockian beauty moment.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
6 Feb. 2026
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Given that both teams play in the same circumstances, how much of a positive difference this would have made had it been done sooner in the recent past isn’t entirely clear.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In this era of aridly slick technofuturist aesthetics, objects and images revealing their sutures and seams appear to be utterly alive.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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At the quiet end of an idyllic cove, this cottage colony was utterly remade by master minimalist Christian Liaigre.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Spurs have not won a top-flight game since December and started positively against United.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Some 127 years after its opening, the grande dame of St Moritz continues to draw glamorous guests to its cavernous halls, forever teetering gracefully between Alpine rustic and positively regal.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The island of Bequia (pronounced Bek-way) – the largest of the Grenadines, but only seven square miles – feels wholly Caribbean.—
Rebekah Evans,
TheWeek,
5 Feb. 2026
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The clerk’s office, long buried in paper, historically relied on a wholly manual process where officers that wrote drivers up on patrol would take a batch of handwritten tickets back to the station and mail it to the clerk’s office.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Bad Bunny singing at the Super Bowl means bringing Spanish-language songs, fully charged with references to Latino culture, to the biggest stage of American TV.—
Rocio Munoz,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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One of The Kid’s classmates slipped through an inflatable ring in my pool, and her mom had to jump in, fully clothed, after her, but that near mishap only seemed to bring our group closer together.—
Jen Wang,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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For Rios, the celebration hits home — quite literally — as a Bay Area native.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Firstly, in drone technology, operating tactics and countermeasures, Russia has caught up and is quite possibly ahead.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Absolutely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolutely. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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