Dictionary Definition
certainly adv : 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, sure, for sure,
for
certain, sure enough,
sure as
shooting]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adverb
- Yes,
affirmative answer.
- Would you like it with ice? Certainly, and with lemon please.
- With certainty;
without doubt.
- The accident was certainly caused by human error.
Related terms
Translations
affirmative answer
- Finnish: totta kai, ilman muuta, kyllä kiitos
- German: sicher, natürlich
- Greek: βεβαίως
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهکید
- Spanish: por supuesto
with certainty, without doubt
- Finnish: todellakin, varmasti, epäilemättä
- French: certainement, bien sûr
- German: sicherlich, zweifellos, gewiss, freilich
- Greek: σίγουρα
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهکید
- Romanian: bineînţeles, desigur
- Spanish: ciertamente, sin duda
- ttbc Dutch: zeker, waarlijk
- ttbc Hebrew: בוודאי (be'vadai)
- ttbc Italian: certamente
- ttbc Portuguese: certamente, sem dúvida
- ttbc Telugu: నిశ్చయంగా (niScayamgaa)
References
Synonyms, Antonyms 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