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Certainly   /sˈərtənli/   Listen
Certainly

adverb
1.
Definitely or positively ('sure' is sometimes used informally for 'surely').  Synonyms: for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely.  "She certainly is a hard worker" , "It's going to be a good day for sure" , "They are coming, for certain" , "They thought he had been killed sure enough" , "He'll win sure as shooting" , "They sure smell good" , "Sure he'll come"






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"Certainly" Quotes from Famous Books



... long, no other feeling than one of good-humor, mingled with drollery, could be perceived among them. They were clearly convinced, that he claimed no more from strangers than was due to him; but they certainly were not prepared to hear that he had brought the exactions of personal respect so completely and unexpectedly home to themselves as he had done. The thing, too, along with being unreasonable, was awkward ...
— Going To Maynooth - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of - William Carleton, Volume Three • William Carleton

... have opportunities, too?" he said. "Certainly they have greatly to do with the determination ...
— David Harum - A Story of American Life • Edward Noyes Westcott

... in trifles, that does not add anything substantial to your happiness and certainly lays the foundation for a vast amount of disquietude, and almost certain embarrassment in money affairs, ...
— After a Shadow, and Other Stories • T. S. Arthur

... "Certainly he has not got rid of his ship. When he does not follow King Olaf to battle with her, Tyrker takes her on trading voyages, and she lies over-winter in the King's ship-shed. There are forty of the crew, counting me,—there is no need for you to smile, I can take ...
— The Thrall of Leif the Lucky • Ottilie A. Liljencrantz

... his wailing at once, and turned his face upward to the stranger. It was a pale, bright-eyed countenance, certainly not more than six years old, but sorrow, fear and want had destroyed much of its infantile expression. The Puritan, seeing the boy's frightened gaze and feeling that he trembled under his hand, endeavored to ...
— Twice Told Tales • Nathaniel Hawthorne


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