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US
/ˈsɝtənɫi/
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[ 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.
- 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
- A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.
- But either way, placater or elitist, he has headed us down an evil road by deepening a war we couldn ` t afford eight years ago when it started and certainly can ` t afford after the Bush-Cheney fiasco in Iraq. The Student Operated Press
- But the bears priced at the bottom level will not be vintage, and certainly will not be by any of these makers.
- If the rivalry pwnage wasn't at tragic levels going into last year, it certainly is now.
- She was certainly generous and open to letting people use the mimeo and the space.
- The label location diagram certainly sniffs of this accessory being in the right shape. Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
- Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
