certainly
/ˈsɝ.tn̩.li/ adverb A2- In a way which is certain; with certainty.
- Without doubt, surely. · The accident was certainly caused by human error.· That was certainly sweet of him.
- An emphatic affirmative answer; of course. · Would you like it with ice? Certainly, and with lemon please.
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“I might have stood there always if you had not come along,” he said; “so you have certainly saved my life.
“He is certainly a good brother,” said Elizabeth, as she walked towards one of the windows.
“I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer, and then my jaws would rust again.”
Nichols was in Meryton last night: I saw her passing by, and went out myself on purpose to know the truth of it; and she told me that it was certainly true.
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