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• r  completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
  an absolutely magnificent painting
• r  totally and definitely; without question
  we are absolutely opposed to the idea
  he forced himself to lie absolutely still
  iron is absolutely necessary

• In Cologne's trendy Unsicht-Bar (in German, an untranslatable pun on the words invisible and bar), light is absolutely verboten, and patrons gather to wine and dine in utter .
• Once a cell started on its march of development, nothing, absolutely nothing, scientists thought, could turn it around again.
• We had absolutely no idea how many times we were going to have to drop the bombbut that's the Air Force for you.

• perfectly
• utterly
• dead

News & Articles

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• Jonathan Papelbon, Cliff Lee ‘Absolutely Not’ on Trade Market, According to Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
  While the Philadelphia Phillies struggle to achieve even a winning record, speculation persists that Cliff Lee and Jonathan Papelbon will be available before next month’s non-waiver trade deadline. That’s not necessarily the case. “Absolutely not, because these are guys I’d be better off having on my club than not,” Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. […]
  June 20, 2013 - New England Sports Network
• The US Military Is Junking $7 Billion In Military Equipment On Its Way Out Of Afghanistan
  Absolutely stunning waste.
  June 20, 2013 - Business Insider via Yahoo! Finance
• Pandora Absolutely Must Do Better Now
  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- While I generally believe Pandora receives a raw deal in the media, from the music industrial complex and, to a lesser extent, the court of public opinion, areas exist where the company not only can, but absolutely must do better. Believe it or not, I have been a frequent critic of Pandora. Late last year, I came out against co-founder Tim Westergren's blog post that ...
  June 17, 2013 - TheStreet.com

Quotes

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• Joe Barton in The Associated Press
  I want the record to be absolutely clear that I think BP is responsible for this accident,he said. "If anything I said this morning has been misconstrued, in opposite effect, I want to apologize for that misconstruction."
• Fabio Capello in WalesOnline
  Capello said: "I am absolutely determined to succeed with the England team. It is very important we use the disappointment as a motivation in the future and I can assure the fans I am fully focused on our European qualifying fixtures, starting with...
• Ben Bernanke in Times Online
  It makes me angry. I slammed the phone more than a few times on discussing AIG,Mr Bernanke said. "It's - it's just absolutely - I understand why the American people are angry."