absolutely vs per se

absolutely

adv
  • Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors. 

  • In a manner that does not take an object. 

  • In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly. 

intj
  • Yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement. 

per se

adv
  • Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature. 

  • In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description. 

  • Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute. 

  • Being a thing that posits itself and is a principle of its own determination. 

adj
  • Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination. 

How often have the words absolutely and per se occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )