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absotively sure

absotively sure

9.8
Completely certain that something is true
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : absolutamente seguro
  • I am absotively sure that I left my keys on the table.

Examples

  • Are you absotively sure about this decision?

  • The team was absotively sure they would win the match after their last practice.

  • Are you absotively sure this is the right address?

  • I'm absotively sure that I left my keys on the table.

  • Are you absotively sure this is the right address?

  • I'm absotively sure that I left my keys on the table.

  • The team was absotively sure they would win the match after their last practice.

Synonyms

sure
vsabsotively sure
1.0

Certain to happen or be true

is informal and used for strong emphatic certainty
certain
vsabsotively sure
946 1.0

Sure to happen or be true

is informal and used for strong emphatic certainty
certain of
vsabsotively sure
49 2.7

Sure that something is true or will happen

is informal and used for strong emphatic certainty
sure as shit
vsabsotively sure
  • Offensive
5 9.9

You can be certain it is true

is informal and used for strong emphatic certainty
sure as shooting
vsabsotively sure
  • Informal
1 8.2

Completely certain that something will happen

is informal and used for strong emphatic certainty
posilutely certain
vsabsotively sure
  • Informal
9.0

Completely sure in a strong, playful way

is informal and used for strong emphatic certainty
positutely sure
vsabsotively sure
  • Informal
9.8

Completely certain that something is true

is informal and used for strong emphatic certainty

Antonyms

43 3.9

Not feeling sure or confident

How Certain

absotively sure
  • Informal
9.8
certain
946 1.0
sure
1.0
unsure
89 1.5
doubtful
25 3.0

Surface Forms

absotively sure positive

Morphology

absotively + sure

The adjective 'sure' is fully transparent, and the adverb 'absotively' is a nonstandard playful blend resembling 'absolutely'/'positively', so the overall meaning 'completely certain' can be inferred by analogy to standard adverb+adjective patterns. However 'absotively' is not a lexical item and requires recognizing the nonce formation, so comprehension is likely but not guaranteed for an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Absotively sure likely comes from a playful mix of the words absolutely and positively, made to sound stronger and a bit funny. Saying absotively sure feels like saying both words at once, so it is used to mean 'completely certain' or 'absolutely sure'.