ABSOLUTELY in a Sentence

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It was absolutely necessary, he said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in.

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 Meanings and Examples of ABSOLUTELY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
absolutely
 ad.  completely or definitely; used as a strong way of saying 'yes'
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was absolutely necessary, he said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
2  But the pen she held thus on the little table absolutely refused to move.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
3  But Mrs. Manresa absolutely refused to take his seat.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
4  He had established a confidence with her, that absolutely turned upon her indifference towards her husband, and the absence, now and at all times, of any congeniality between them.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
5  Yet he was absolutely dependent on her, he needed her every moment.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  She knew that he didn't mind whether she were demi-vierge or demi-monde, so long as he didn't absolutely know, and wasn't made to see.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  It was part of his very being that he must break off any connexion, and be loose, isolated, absolutely lone dog again.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  Logic might be unanswerable because it was so absolutely wrong.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  Then he turned the coop over and deliberated, and he gave absolutely no sign of awareness of the woman's presence.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  She was handsome too, pale, her face rather long and absolutely still, her eyes bright, but revealing nothing.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  She loved having his body in her charge, absolutely, to the last menial offices.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  I mean, but for you I am absolutely nothing.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
13  Connie was absolutely afraid of the industrial masses.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
14  I'd wipe the machines off the face of the earth again, and end the industrial epoch absolutely, like a black mistake.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
15  He kept a quiet distance of his own, and seemed absolutely unwilling to speak.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
16  He made his reasons for resigning absolutely clear.
17  It was absolutely pouring with rain.
18  It's absolutely crucial that we get this right.
19  The possibility of error cannot be absolutely excluded.
20  It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week.
21  It was absolutely essential to separate crops from the areas that animals used as pasture.
22  I felt absolutely certain that I'd seen her before.
23  She was absolutely uncritical, she believed everything.
24  I'm not absolutely certain I posted it.
25  I confide absolutely in his honesty.
26  I absolutely don't say I love you, this is between us the tacit understanding.
27  Many leading scientists do not consider that science can give absolutely reliable knowledge.
28  The work she does is absolutely vital.
29  She was absolutely terrified at the thought of jumping off the bridge.
30  Her appetite for gossip is absolutely indecent.