certainly 1
adverbdomain: all adverbs
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
Examples
- 1.she certainly is a hard worker
- 2.they are coming, for certain
- 3.the results are surely encouraging
- 4.they thought he had been killed sure enough
- 5.they sure smell good
- 6.sure he'll come
- 7.it's going to be a good day for sure
- 8.he'll win sure as shooting
Synonyms
- surely 1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- sure 1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- for sure 1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- for certain 1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- sure enough 2
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- sure as shooting 1
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
