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English adverb: certainly

1. certainly definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')


SamplesThe results are surely encouraging.
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.


Synonymsfor certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely


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