certainly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːtn̩li/
ipa: /ˈsɝtn̩li/
ipa: [ˈsɝʔn̩li]
Forms: form: more certainly
form: certainlier
form: most certainly
form: certainliest
Etymology: From Middle English certeynly; equivalent to certain + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: he verily thought he had young live frogs in his belly, qui vivebant ex alimento suo, that lived by his nourishment, and was so certainly persuaded of it, that for many years following he could not be rectified in his conceit.
ref: , I.iii.2.2
text: The torque was "built up" in the special back axle and the car crawled tankwise but very certainly over the obstacles without a jar or hesitation.
ref: 1923, A. A. Hill, Automobile Dealer and Repairer, page 30:
glosses: In a way which is certain; with certainty.
examples: text: The accident was certainly caused by human error.
text: That was certainly sweet of him.
text: 'I'm all grown up now' -'You certainly have (grown)!'
text: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
ref: 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
glosses: Without doubt, surely.
examples: text: Would you like it with ice?  Certainly, and with lemon please.
glosses: An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.
Synonyms: sense: with certainty
word: absolutely
sense: with certainty
word: beyond doubt
sense: with certainty
word: indubitably
sense: with certainty
word: sure thing
sense: with certainty
word: undoubtedly
sense: with certainty
word: wis
sense: with certainty
word: without a doubt
sense: without doubt
word: definitely
sense: without doubt
word: doubtlessly
sense: without doubt
word: in fact
sense: without doubt
word: indeed
sense: without doubt
word: indisputably
sense: without doubt
word: indubitably
sense: without doubt
word: no doubt
sense: without doubt
word: really
sense: without doubt
word: sure
sense: without doubt
word: surely
sense: without doubt
word: truly
sense: without doubt
word: undoubtedly
sense: without doubt
word: unquestionably
sense: without doubt
word: wis
sense: without doubt
word: without a doubt
word: damn right
word: damn straight
word: fo shizzle
word: for sure
word: oh yeah
word: wye aye
word: assuredly
word: certainly
word: categorically
word: decisively
word: doubtless
word: ex facie
topics: legal
law
word: for a fact
word: for certain
word: positively
word: questionlessly
word: self-evidently
word: unarguably
word: undeniably
word: unconditionally
word: undoubtably
word: univocally
word: without doubt
word: without question
Hypernyms: word: obviously
Coordinate terms: maybe
possibly
arguably
questionably
probably
perhaps
Derived terms: soitenly
Related terms: word: certain
word: irrefutable