absolutely
adv. independently; without limits; without relation to anything else; unconditionally; definitely; completely | ||||
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Absolutely Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Absolutely
(adv.)
In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
(adv.)
In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
| WordNet 2.0 |
absolutely
Adverb
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"
(synonym) perfectly, utterly, dead
(pertainym) absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
2. totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
(pertainym) absolute
Adverb
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"
(synonym) perfectly, utterly, dead
(pertainym) absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
2. totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
(pertainym) absolute
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Origin
Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men'.
Origin
Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men'.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Origin
Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.'
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absolutely
absolutely
absolute \ab"so*lute\ (&?;), a. [l. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf. f. absolu. see absolve.]
1. loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
2. complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty. so absolute she seems, and in herself complete.
3. viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
note: absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
4. loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
note: in this sense god is called the absolute by the theist. the term is also applied by the pantheist to the universe, or the total of all existence, as only capable of relations in its parts to each other and to the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their laws.
5. capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
note: it is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined, can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect. to cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute. w. hamilton.
6. positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [r.] i am absolute 't was very cloten.
7. authoritative; peremptory. [r.] the peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, with absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. browning.
8. (chem.) pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
9. (gram.) not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. see ablative absolute, under ablative.
absolutely
absolute \ab"so*lute\ (&?;), a. [l. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf. f. absolu. see absolve.]
1. loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.
2. complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty. so absolute she seems, and in herself complete.
3. viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.
note: absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
4. loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
note: in this sense god is called the absolute by the theist. the term is also applied by the pantheist to the universe, or the total of all existence, as only capable of relations in its parts to each other and to the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their laws.
5. capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.
note: it is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined, can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect. to cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute. w. hamilton.
6. positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. [r.] i am absolute 't was very cloten.
7. authoritative; peremptory. [r.] the peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, with absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. browning.
8. (chem.) pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
9. (gram.) not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. see ablative absolute, under ablative.
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Absolutely Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
absolutely
adverb
really, completely; he's still not absolutely fit after his operation; the patient must remain absolutely still while the scan is taking place
adverb
really, completely; he's still not absolutely fit after his operation; the patient must remain absolutely still while the scan is taking place
Absolutely Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Absolutely
Absolutely may refer to:
- Absolutely, an 1980 album by Madness
- Absolutely, a British television comedy
- Absolutely, a 2006 album by Sister Hazel
- Absolutely, a song by Nine Days in the album The Madding Crowd
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Absolutely (TV series)
The cast and crew were mainly Scottish; the principal writers and performers were Moray Hunter, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Peter Baikie, Gordon Kennedy, and John Sparkes. It was directed by Phil Chilvers, Alan Nixon, Alistair Clark, and Graham C Williams. The show's producers were Alan Nixon, and David Tyler.
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