How to Use absolutely in a Sentence

absolutely

adverb
  • Let me make one thing absolutely clear.
  • He is absolutely certain who will win.
  • Keep absolutely quiet during the movie.
  • The phone was absolutely the seeds of the whole blowing up.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023
  • And the sheer amount of time spent airborne over whoops and jumps absolutely boggles the mind.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Our hearts absolutely broke for both the cats and the person who had to leave them behind.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • For more Prime Day deals that are absolutely worth adding to your cart, check out our Prime Day page here.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 12 July 2023
  • To put it bluntly: That’s absolutely not true for a lot of people.
    Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 28 Aug. 2023
  • While skinny jeans absolutely still have a place in our wardrobes, there’s no denying that wide-leg jeans are on the rise.
    Rebecca Norris, Woman's Day, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But Johnson knows his role right now, and is absolutely killing it.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The trail has absolutely no shade, which explains why the park stresses taking lots of water while on the trail.
    Priscilla Aguirre, Chron, 17 Dec. 2022
  • As the old adage goes, money screams and wealth whispers, and there is absolutely no screaming at The Row, a brand that sells white T-shirts for $550.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And his Holiness would have absolutely blanched at the third act.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This is absolutely not the moment to be coy and elusive with details.
    Bret Werner, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But so far there has been absolutely no public word from the royals.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But even then, the sound output was a noticeable upgrade from the Playbar and absolutely trounces the Beam.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Freedom can be a hand grenade in your pants, absolutely.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In other words, there's absolutely no excuse not to get onboard with the trend.
    Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Not absolutely, but the lean is heavy in that direction.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • The men who are absolutely like oneself are the dangerous ones.
    Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The model dropped some photos and a video of herself absolutely rocking a bikini, and showing off her abs for the world to see.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The three tracks absolutely have to be tied together, though, for a Biden Doctrine to succeed.
    Thomas Friedman, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • To think that 18 and 22 year-olds are going to go out and have a good (game week) practice is absolutely delusional but the guys battled.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Will get absolutely bullied in the Big 10 next year if there aren’t improvements ….drastic ones!
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • That is absolutely what the President should have done.
    CBS News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • If there is hope for him, there is hope for absolutely everyone.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The good news is that this goal is absolutely achievable, as long as it is approached correctly.
    Susan Callender, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But readers need not have read the first novel to become absolutely engaged with this one.
    Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The real question is should the house have brought forth such a hasty impeachment with no evidence, and the answer to that is absolutely not.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This is a rain jacket that doesn't absolutely scream rain jacket.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023

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