Absolutely and Basically

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Absolutely

Absolutely adverb - Totally and definitely; without question.
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Basically is an antonym for absolutely.
Nearby Words: absolute, absolution, absoluteness

Basically

Basically adverb - For the most part.
Usage example: your answer is basically correct
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Absolutely is an antonym for basically.
Nearby Words: basic, basics
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  • Film / Crank Fanservice: The movies basically push the R rating as absolutely far as it will go, in terms of nudity and sex as well as profanity and violence.
    Source: Film / Crank
  • Manipulative Editing: This commentary by Egoraptor and ScrewAttack basically showcases that it's absolutely full of it.
    Source: Series / The Tester
  • Verbal Tic: For your sake, don't even try and make a Drinking Game out of the times he uses "actually" and variations thereof, "pretty much", "absolutely" or "basically".
    Source: Lets Play / Kikoskia
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