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US
/ˈsɝtənɫi/
]
[ UK /sˈɜːtənli/ ]
[ UK /sˈɜːtənli/ ]
ADVERB
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definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
he'll win sure as shooting
the results are surely encouraging
sure he'll come
it's going to be a good day for sure
she certainly is a hard worker
they sure smell good
they thought he had been killed sure enough
they are coming, for certain
How To Use certainly In A Sentence
- She has certainly branched out into more interesting work in recent years.
- I think it's certainly quite a lot of the comedy that I've been involved in is quite extreme, if you like, and the extremity is part of what's funny about it.
- The engine is a stormer: certainly better than the z1000.
- I'd say name it except for your second point, that named Wealden brachiosaurids are plentiful and once better material is described, some would near certainly be synonymized. ‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part IV
- The label location diagram certainly sniffs of this accessory being in the right shape. Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
- Your son certainly deserves a dad, who will be legally liable to support him. The Sun
- Certainly his confessions might still be reliable, along with the confessions of Abu Zubaydah and other confederates being interrogated in secret.
- Certainly, the fawning coverage has got to stop. Times, Sunday Times
- I thought his favor was excessive; certainly I never thought their powers were any more real than those cheapjack toadstone-peddlers or the granny-wives who claim they can put a bad word on someone's cow. The Silent Tower
- A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.