Absolutely
Absolutely adverb - Totally and definitely; without question.
Probably and absolutely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Probably" instead an adverb "Absolutely".
Probably
Probably adverb - By reasonable assumption.
Absolutely and probably are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absolutely" instead an adverb "Probably".
Nearby Words: probable, probability
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and absolutely
- precisely and probably
- really and absolutely
- really and probably
- truly and absolutely
- truly and probably
- well and absolutely
- well and probably
- positively and absolutely
- positively and probably
- definitely and absolutely
- definitely and probably
- indeed and absolutely
- indeed and probably
Both words in one sentence
- They don't actually want to do any real police work, unless they absolutely have to, and if they had to do it themselves they probably couldn't.
Source: The Dilbert Principle -
Certainly nowhere near Giga Wing's and Mv C 2's scores, but it probably could get that ridiculous with absolutely no inflation if the calculators were actually Windows XP computers.
Source: Pinball Scoring - This is probably because, due to her Dark and Troubled Past, she doesn't actually want to leave her life as a Fortune Teller unless she absolutely has to.
Source: Schrödinger's Player Character
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