Adverb
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totally and definitely
without question
"we are absolutely opposed to the idea"
"he forced himself to lie absolutely still"
"iron is absolutely necessary"
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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"