Usage patterns 絶ぜっ 対たい に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 ない to absolutely never do (something)
She will absolutely never tell this secret.
絶ぜっ 対たい に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to definitely do (something), expressing strong resolve
I will definitely pass the next exam.
絶ぜっ 対たい に 〈 事こと 〉 ない to say there is absolutely no such thing/possibility
That is absolutely impossible.
Kanji 絶 discontinue, sever, cut off 対 vis-a-vis, opposite, even Related words· 10 必ず expresses that something will certainly happen or must be done based on logic or promise, while 絶対に adds emotional force and often signals personal determination or insistence.
決して is used almost exclusively with negative predicates to mean 'never, under no circumstances', overlapping with 絶対に in negative sentences but not usable in affirmative ones.
きっと conveys a speaker's confident guess or expectation ('surely'), whereas 絶対に asserts something as an absolute fact or firm resolve with no room for doubt.
断然 emphasizes a decisive, by-far difference or determination (often before comparisons), while 絶対に stresses unconditional certainty or firm refusal.
Show 6 more Show fewer 絶対に is the everyday, broadly applicable word for 'absolutely,' while 断じて is stronger, more formal, and used mainly in emphatic declarations.
絶対に is the everyday, neutral word for strong assertion or denial, while 誓って sounds dramatic or old-fashioned.
絶対に is the everyday adverb for 'absolutely', while 何様 in this sense is a literary, old-fashioned way of expressing the same certainty.
絶対に can appear in both positive and negative sentences, whereas 万 is restricted to negative contexts meaning 'not at all'.
絶対に works with both positive and negative sentences and often expresses personal determination, while 到底 is restricted to negatives and stresses that something is simply impossible.
絶対に〜ない means 'absolutely not' and applies broadly to any denial, whereas 二度と〜ない focuses narrowly on non-repetition of a past event.
Etymology Adverbial form of 絶対 (absolute), from Middle Chinese 絕對 . The adverbial に attaches to the noun/adjectival stem to form a strong adverb.
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