absolutely

Etymology
From late, equivalent to. .

Adverb

 * 1) In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
 * 2) Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.
 * 1) Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors.

Usage notes

 * Absolutely is not to be confused with intensives such as very or indeed, as it is an unconditional term, absolutely/*very essential, vital or crucial.

Translations

 * Arabic: مطلقا
 * Egyptian Arabic: مطلقا
 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Central Sierra Miwok: ˀoma·, ˀoma·
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: absolut, fuldstændig
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, absolute,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: absolutamente
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παντελῶς, τελείως
 * Hausa:, sosai
 * Hindi: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: amach is amach, go hiomlán, go huile agus go hiomlán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: absoludament
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: absolútne
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Romanian:


 * Dutch: geheel op zichzelf staand
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:

Interjection

 * 1) Yes, certainly; expression indicating strong agreement.

Usage notes

 * Some commentators, especially in England, criticise the interjectional use as having no meaning beyond that of . This is not to mean that emphasis is useless, which of course, pragmatically speaking, it isn’t; rather, it means that absolutely is better avoided when there is no emphasis, or, in other words, when the meaning is simply Yes (compare, in French, the use of Tout à fait as an answer, with the meaning of Oui, which is advised against by the Trésor de la langue française informatisé). On the other hand, emphasis can also be expressed in other ways: for instance, Yes, of course, Yes, indeed, Yes, certainly.

Translations

 * Armenian:, աչքիս վրա
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , tottakai
 * French: ,
 * German:, aber hallo
 * Hebrew: בהחלט
 * Ido:
 * Irish: cinnte, go deimhin, siúráilte
 * Italian:
 * Maori: ehara ehara
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, definitivt
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: