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Absolutely closely resembles "definitely" in this sense. It means 100%. Its meaning in other words is more 'wide' than that of definately. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. exactly,definitely,absolutely Threadstarter nasridine Startdate May1,2006 N nasridine SeniorMember USA Chinese,China Ialwayscan'ttellthedifferenceamongthesethreewordsespeciallybetween"definitely"and"absolutely".Whenusedindependently,theyseemtoindicatethesamething:agreewithother'swords. Aretheyreallyinterchangeable?Orthereisstillsomenuance.Cananybodygivemesomeexamples?   ireney Modistra U.S.A. GreekGreeceModofGreek,CCandCD whilethesewordsareusedinterchangablyquiteoftenasanone-wordanswerstheyhavethesamemeaning. "Exactly"israthermoredifferentlyusedthantheothertwoandcannotreally(orshouldnot)beusedinterchangably. exactlymeans100%accurate: Example: personA:"BobisthesonofMarywhomarriedJohn.PeterisMary'sandJohn'sson" PersonB:"SoyouaresayingthatBobandPeterarehalfbrothers?" PersonA:"Exactly" Definitelymeansthatsomethingsis100%certain Example PersonA:"Willyoucometotheparty?" PersonB:"Definately"(thereisnochancehewillnotgototheparty) Absolutelycloselyresembles"definitely"inthissense.Itmeans100%.Itsmeaninginotherwordsismore'wide'thanthatofdefinately. Example: A:"Areyousureyoumadenomistakeinthecalculations?" B:"Absolutely" Now,inthelasttwoexamples,youcoulduseeitherdefinitelyorabsolutely.HoweverIhopeyouseetheslightdifferencebetweenthetwo.   lizzeymac SeniorMember NewYorkCity English-USA nasridinesaid: Ialwayscan'ttellthedifferenceamongthesethreewordsespeciallybetween"definitely"and"absolutely".Whenusedindependently,theyseemtoindicatethesamething:agreewithother'swords. Aretheyreallyinterchangeable?Orthereisstillsomenuance.Cananybodygivemesomeexamples? Clicktoexpand... Hello "Absolutely"and"definitely"aresimilarbut"exactly"isalittledifferent.Hereareafewexamplesofuse,definitionsarebelow. Ihopethishelps. Inadditiontothestandardusagesbelow,inconversationalAmericanenglish"absolutely"and"definitely"mightbeusedinplaceof"yes"toansweraquestionshowingverystrongagreementorcommitment. Areyousureyouturnedtheovenoff? Definitely. AreyousureyouwanttobreakupwithJohn? Absolutely!​Ortoindicatestrongdisagreementyoumightansweraquestionusing"Definitelynot!orAbsolutelynot!insteadofjustsaying"No". DoyouwanttotellJanethatherboyfriendislyingtoher? Definitelynot! Areyouwillingtogetupearlytomorrowmorningtowalkthedog? Absolutelynot!​ absolutely(adverb) 1totally,withoutquestion; "weareabsolutelyopposedtotheidea"; "heforcedhimselftolieabsolutelystill"; "ironisabsolutelynecessarytotheproductionofsteel" 2absolutely completelyandwithoutqualification; usedinformallyasintensifiers; "anabsolutelymagnificentpainting" definitely(adverb) decidedly,unquestionably,emphatically,withoutquestionandbeyonddoubt; "itwasdefinitelytooexpensive"; "MaryisdefintelyengagedtoJohn,shetoldmesoherself" exactly(adverb) precisely indicatingexactnessorpreciseness; "thispieceofcakeisexactlythesamesizeasthatpieceofcake" "Iputexactly2teaspoonsofsugarinthecoffee" "heisdoingexactlywhatshetoldhimtodo" "thetableisexactly31inchestall" -   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top