有时候，absolutely曾被非正式地作为含糊的强调成分而使用，比如在一幅无与伦比的绘画中。在早期的调查中，大部分用法小组的成员不主张在正式书面语中这样使用

• For some time,absolutely has been used informally as a vague intensive,as in an absolutely magnificent painting. In an earlier survey,a majority of the Usage Panel disapproved of this usage in formal writing.