'Certainly' definitions:
Definition of 'certainly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the 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" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]
Definition of 'Certainly'
From: GCIDE
- Certainly \Cer"tain*ly\, adv. Without doubt or question; unquestionably. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'certainly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- OK,
- okay,
- oui,
- patently,
- positively,
- precisely,
- quite,
- rather,
- really,
- really-truly,
- relentlessly,
- right,
- righto,
- Roger,
- 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