absotively
adv/ˌæbsəˈtɪvli/ · /ˈæbsəˌtɪvli/
Etymology Blend of absolutely + positively.
- That is one of the twelve reasons why Charlotte Diners are absotively the best little old dining chairs produced in this Land of the Free—and Prohibition has nothing to do with it.1920 September, “Style and Stability (advertisement)”, in The Rotarian, volume 17, number 3, page 159:
- “I is sad; absotively mis'able. What you reckon kind of pitcher they is takin' down there?”1925, Octavus Roy Cohen, Bigger and Blacker, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →LCCN, →OL:
2 more examples
- “Absotively, Admiral Dewey?” “Posilutely, General Grant.”1994, Joseph Heller, Closing Time, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL:
- “Damn it!” “I am so sorry. I'm such a klutz.” “What's your version number?” “It's, uh, it's Adam 5, ma'am. It won't happen again.” “Let's hope not.” “Absotively. Uh, absolutely. Of course.”2017 April 4, Will Campos, Dez Dolly, Daniel Johnson & David Welch, “MatchMaker” (19:46 from the start), in Dimension 404, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Adam (Robert Buckley):
- Derived terms
- absotively posilutely, absotively posolutely
- Related terms
- absitively posolutely