certainly

adverb

ˈsər-tᵊn-lē How to pronounce certainly (audio)
Definition of certainlynext
as in definitely
without any question certainly, you can come to the party

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  1. definitely
  2. surely
  3. sure
  4. clearly
  5. probably
  6. really
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  • The Alphabet subsidiary filed 488 crash reports to the agency during the study period, of which researchers found 89 definitely or plausibly police-reportable.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • These advances will definitely help build a future where AI models could actually be run on the phone with minimal power consumption.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Definition of definitely
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  • What the museum surely didn’t expect was for the trophy to arrive freshly imbued with New York history.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
  • His long-term future surely hovered as another complicating factor.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of surely
Adverb
  • Louis Varland being a better trade deadline pickup from that Twins bullpen than Griffin Jax sure is something else.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Kennedy, a shortstop who hails from Fort Worth, improved his play dramatically after undergoing LASIK surgery, and scouts sure took notice.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
Definition of sure
Adverb
  • With Cincinnati clearly swinging for the fences after an active offseason in hopes of maximizing quarterback Joe Burrow’s prime, Pitcher could receive an even larger spotlight.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • The true number of cases is in the thousands, clearly exceeding the country’s standard range of between 2,000 and 5,000 in recent years.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Definition of clearly
Adverb
  • There’s nothing unique about hating high school, but most people who vow never to return to their hometowns probably don’t hail from New York City.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 July 2026
  • If a false accusation appears on a high-authority site, creating a blog post on your company website probably won't outrank it.
    — Victoria Marshall, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of probably
Adverb
  • But the one person who really set the whole endeavour in motion was Lenain’s beloved uncle Farid, a gay and HIV-positive man who passed away in 2013.
    — Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • If diversification were really the primary reason to own private equity, more capital would already be there for that reason alone.
    — Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
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