单词 | absotively |
释义 | absotivelyadv. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) Emphatically; without a doubt, irrefutably. Also used as an emphatic affirmative: yes, certainly, definitely. Frequently paired with posilutely adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adverb] i-wislichec1000 wislyc1000 yernec1000 wellOE wisc1175 sickera1275 without missa1275 redlyc1275 certainlya1375 sadc1380 confirmedlyc1449 certaina1500 undeceitfully1571 notionless1607 ascertainably1863 absotively1914 1914 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 27 Mar. 45/3 As long as he loses his money I'll shake dice with him, but socially I wouldn't have anything to do with him. Absotively and postolutely not! 1922 S. Merwin Goldie Green vii. 133 Goldie suppressed an impulse to answer ‘Absotively!’ in the old flippant way. 1970 Boston Globe 4 Nov. 24/1 In the skidooing jingo of the 20s, ‘No, No, Nanette’, at the Shubert, is absatively and positutely a smasheroo and that's no beeswax. 1996 CMJ New Music Monthly Jan. 26 Obsessive? Yes. Frightening, even? Perhaps. Worth the time and effort? Absotively. 2010 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Jan. 19 This is absotively the last column about obscure pay TV. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1914 |
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