Absolutely
Absolutely adverb - Totally and definitely; without question.
Without fail and absolutely are semantically related In some cases you can use "Without fail" instead an adverb "Absolutely".
Without fail
Absolutely and without fail are semantically related in of course topic. You can use "Absolutely" instead an adverb phrase "Without fail", if it concerns topics such as certainly, yes, without doubt, without a doubt.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and absolutely
- precisely and without fail
- positively and absolutely
- positively and without fail
- definitely and absolutely
- definitely and without fail
- indeed and absolutely
- indeed and without fail
- exactly and absolutely
- exactly and without fail
- of course and absolutely
- of course and without fail
- certainly and absolutely
- certainly and without fail
Both terms in one sentence
- As much as House/Cuddy is loved, so too is it reviled for not only going absolutely nowhere for so very long, but for a while popping up in every single episode without fail, often with little-to-no justification.
Source: Romantic Plot Tumor
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