certainly

certainly
Synonyms and related words:
OK, Roger, absolutely, actually, all right, alright, alrighty, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, by all means, clearly, da, decidedly, decisively, definitely, demonstrably, distinctly, exactly, factually, fatefully, fine, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for real, for sure, forsooth, good, good enough, hear, historically, in all conscience, in fact, in reality, in truth, in very sooth, indeed, indeedy, indefeasibly, indubitably, ineluctably, inescapably, inevasibly, inevitably, inexorably, inflexibly, irrevocably, ja, just so, mais oui, manifestly, most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement, necessarily, nothing else but, noticeably, observably, obviously, of a truth, of course, okay, oui, patently, positively, precisely, quite, rather, really, really-truly, relentlessly, right, righto, sensibly, seriously, sure, sure thing, surely, to a certainty, to be sure, truly, unambiguously, unavoidably, uncontrollably, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unmistakably, unpreventably, unyieldingly, verily, veritably, very well, visibly, well and good, why yes, with truth, without doubt, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Certainly — Cer tain*ly, adv. Without doubt or question; unquestionably. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • certainly — index a fortiori, admittedly, fairly (clearly) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • certainly — c.1300, in all main modern senses, from CERTAIN (Cf. certain) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • certainly — [adv] without doubt absolutely, assuredly, cert*, exactly, for a fact, of course, positively, posolutely*, right on*, surely, unquestionably, without fail; concept 535 Ant. doubtfully, dubiously, equivocally, questionably …   New thesaurus

  • certainly — ► ADVERB 1) definitely; undoubtedly. 2) yes; by all means …   English terms dictionary

  • certainly — [sʉrt′ nlē] adv. 1. beyond a doubt; surely 2. yes …   English World dictionary

  • certainly — cer|tain|ly W1S1 [ˈsə:tnli US ˈsə:r ] adv [sentence adverb] 1.) without any doubt = ↑definitely ▪ I certainly never expected to become a writer. ▪ They re certainly not mine. it is certainly true/possible etc ▪ It is certainly true that there are …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • certainly — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)t(ə)nli[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADV GRADED: ADV with cl/group (emphasis) You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement. The public is certainly getting tired of hearing about it... The bombs are almost certainly …   English dictionary

  • certainly — adverb (sentence adverb) 1 without any doubt; of course: Certainly we ll consider your suggestion, Alan. | That certainly does change the situation. | Not smoking has made a real difference. It certainly has. see of course, surely 2 used to agree …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • certainly — cer|tain|ly [ sɜrtnli ] adverb *** 1. ) used for emphasizing that something is definitely true or will definitely happen: I certainly hope you re right. There certainly wasn t any point in doing it now. 2. ) used for expressing agreement or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • certainly */*/*/ — UK [ˈsɜː(r)t(ə)nlɪ] / US [ˈsɜrt(ə)nlɪ] adverb 1) used for emphasizing that something is definitely true or will definitely happen I certainly hope you re right. There certainly wasn t any point in doing it now. 2) spoken used for expressing… …   English dictionary

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