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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
absolutely
 
SYLLABICATION:ab·so·lute·ly
PRONUNCIATION:  bs-ltl, bs-ltl
ADVERB:1. Definitely and completely; unquestionably. 2. Grammar a. In a manner that does not take an object. b. In an absolute relationship.
USAGE NOTE: For some time, absolutely has been used informally as an intensive, as in an absolutely magnificent painting. In an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage Panel disapproved of this usage in formal writing.
 
 
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