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certainly
certainly
adverb cer·tain·ly \-lē\
: without doubt
: of course
Full Definition of CERTAINLY
2
: it is certain that : assuredly
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Examples of CERTAINLY
- It will certainly rain tomorrow.
- This year's festival was certainly much better than last year's.
- I'm certainly going to try.
- The new version is most certainly easier to use.
- The snake that bit her was almost certainly poisonous.
First Known Use of CERTAINLY
14th century
Related to CERTAINLY
- Synonyms
- all right, alright, assuredly, indeed, clearly, definitely, doubtless, easily, forsooth, hands down, inarguably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, indisputably, plainly, really, so, sure, surely, truly, unarguably, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably
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