How to Use certainly in a Sentence

certainly

adverb

• The snake that bit her was almost certainly poisonous.
• The new version is most certainly easier to use.
• I'm certainly going to try.
• This year's festival was certainly much better than last year's.
• It will certainly rain tomorrow.
• If the climb to the top doesn't take your breath away, the 360-degree views from the top certainly will.
  — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2024
• And also that there’s a levity to the scenes, and certainly to the one in the kitchen.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
• The fairly linear melody at the start of the first verse certainly captures the vibe.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• But without a doubt this was certainly a very large and rare catch for the specie.
  — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2023
• Prayer groups are certainly one way to help break the addict mind-set.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• And, if all of the above weren’t enough to lure you in, then the food and drink scene — famous for its mezcal and moles — certainly will.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2023
• Halle certainly knows how to make a statement on the red carpet.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
• Safe to say, this certainly feels like Rae’s season to shine.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 July 2023
• Among the red carpet stars that shined this year, Amal Clooney certainly held her own.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
• And the apple certainly doesn’t fall too far from the tree in their family.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• Dudamel smiled a lot throughout the evening and certainly here.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
• People certainly aren’t looking for the next Game of Thrones or the next world-building show.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
• The loss of Eileen and return of the self-pitying Orwell alter ego are certainly linked.
  — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
• Best Time to Visit Fall is certainly one of the best times to visit Letchworth, with the rolling hills of vivid autumn leaves.
  — Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2023
• This is almost certainly how the league would prefer it.
  — Jake Nevins, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Some spots could see a half-inch or so, but lower and higher amounts are certainly in play.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Klimek: That's not something that would've occurred to me, certainly.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
• It’s certainly been an emotionally taxing year for Williams, and that’s before the painful churn of the draft process.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Just don’t wait too long to shop — these prices certainly won’t last forever.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
• Know Your Extinguisher The last half of 2023 has certainly been a bad one as far as fires are concerned.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
• The rumor mill about these two tends to start churning whenever one of them has a big project going on, and that certainly seems to have been the case here.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2024
• Waugh certainly wasn’t the first to express this particular bias or, for that matter, the last.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
• Bathing stark naked with strangers certainly isn’t meant for the demure and can be quite jarring for the uninitiated.
  — Christina Liao, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
• It's been a big year for celeb breakups, so there's certainly a lot of options for when either star wants to get back into the dating pool.
  — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
• This is certainly true of the seventeen-foot canoe at the center of this work, which was built in Maine during the Second World War.
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024