Meaning & Definition of Absolutely in English

1. Completely and without qualification

• Used informally as intensifiers

• "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"

2. Totally and definitely

• Without question

• "We are absolutely opposed to the idea"

• "He forced himself to lie absolutely still"

• "Iron is absolutely necessary"