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Meaning of "certainly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CERTAINLY

certainly  [ˈsɜːtənlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CERTAINLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Certainly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CERTAINLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Certainty

Certainty is perfect knowledge that has total security from error, or the mental state of being without doubt. Objectively defined, certainty is total continuity and validity of all foundational inquiry, to the highest degree of precision. Something is certain only if no skepticism can occur. Philosophy seeks this state. It is widely held that certainty about the real world is a failed historical enterprise. This is in large part due to the power of David Hume's problem of induction. Physicist Carlo Rovelli adds that certainty, in real life, is useless or often damaging.

Definition of certainly in the English dictionary

The definition of certainly in the dictionary is with certainty; without doubt. Other definition of certainly is by all means; definitely: used in answer to questions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CERTAINLY


commonly
ˈkɒmənlɪ
curmudgeonly
kəˈmʌdʒənlɪ
evenly
ˈiːv ənlɪ
gentlemanly
ˈdʒɛntəlmənlɪ
heavenly
ˈhɛvənlɪ
humanly
ˈhjuːmənlɪ
mistakenly
mɪˈsteɪkənlɪ
moltenly
ˈməʊltənlɪ
openly
ˈəʊpənlɪ
rottenly
ˈrɒtənlɪ
slatternly
ˈslætənlɪ
stubbornly
ˈstʌbənlɪ
suddenly
ˈsʌdənlɪ
sullenly
ˈsʌlənlɪ
uncertainly
ʌnˈsɜːtənlɪ
uncommonly
ʌnˈkɒmənlɪ
unevenly
ʌnˈiːvənlɪ
wantonly
ˈwɒntənlɪ
Winstanley
ˈwɪnstənlɪ
womanly
ˈwʊmənlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CERTAINLY

cert
certain
certainties
certainty
CertEd
certes
certifiable
certifiably
certificate
certificate of deposit
certificate of incorporation
certificate of origin
Certificate of Secondary Education
certificate of unruliness
certificated
certification
certificatory
certified
certified accountant
certified mail

WORDS THAT END LIKE CERTAINLY

bumpkinly
cousinly
fainly
gainly
inly
mainly
maudlinly
plainly
thinly
ungainly
vainly
virginly

Synonyms and antonyms of certainly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CERTAINLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «certainly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
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Translation of «certainly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CERTAINLY

Find out the translation of certainly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of certainly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «certainly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的确
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

definitivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

certainly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निश्चित रूप से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بِلَا شَكّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конечно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

certamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবশ্যই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

certainement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pasti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sicher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

確かに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

확실히
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesthi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chắc chắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிச்சயமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नक्कीच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kesinlikle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

certamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na pewno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безумовно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu siguranță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οπωσδήποτε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beslis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

säkert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sikkert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of certainly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CERTAINLY»

The term «certainly» is very widely used and occupies the 4.567 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CERTAINLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «certainly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «certainly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about certainly

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10 QUOTES WITH «CERTAINLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word certainly.
1
Kathy Acker
First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
2
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
I've never read 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' although I certainly know what that is. And what I love about that concept is as much as it's a zombie story, it's also 'Pride and Prejudice.'
3
Bob Beauprez
Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.
4
Alan Bennett
I didn't even have a clear idea of why I wanted to go to Oxford - apart from the fact I had fallen in love with the architecture. It certainly wasn't out of some great sense of academic or intellectual achievement. In many ways, my education only began after I'd left university.
5
Geraldine Brooks
Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are about how people act in a time of catastrophe. Do they go to their best self or their worst self?
6
Dan Bucatinsky
I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers.
7
Deborah Bull
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.
8
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Certainly it is much easier to think about negotiating and having deals when there is a singular represented point of view. That pretty much is a given.
9
Pat Cash
It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.
10
Agatha Christie
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CERTAINLY»

Discover the use of certainly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to certainly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian ...
This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology ...
Thomas Nagel, 2012
2
Why There Almost Certainly Is a God: Doubting Dawkins
Well-known broadcaster and author Keith Ward is one of Britain's foremost philosopher- theologians. This is his response. Ward welcomes all comers into philosophy's world of clear definitions, sharp arguments, and diverse conclusions.
Keith Ward, 2008
3
An Alternative Decision: ... You Certainly Owe it to Yourself
It opens up another window in your life highlighting the very fundamental issues of the existence of life, and leaves it upon you to come to a decision within yourself. An Alternative Decision, to the one that you might already hold.
I. R. Jangharia, 2010
4
You Certainly Couldn't Make It Up
For the fifth year running, former Fleet Street man Jack Crossley has compiled another laugh-out-loud collection of anecdotes and strange goings-on from around the British Isles which are so outlandish, you certainly couldn't make them up.
Jack Crossley, 2007
5
Certainly, future: selected writings
A critical edition of selected writings of Dimitrije Mitrinovic, the Bosnian-born leader of the British New Britain movement of the interwar years.
Dimitrije Mitrinović, Henry Christian Rutherford, 1987
6
My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus: A Memoir (Large ...
At once heartbreaking and hilarious, this book gives voice to the many LGBT people who have searched for sanctuary in a church that has largely rejected them and, in so doing, departed from the teachings of the Jesus it claims to follow.
Kelly Barth, 2012
7
'We're certainly not afraid of Zeiss': Barr & Stroud ...
Based on previously unpublished documents from the company's archive, this book identifies the patterns of more than 60 models of binocular field glasses and places them in their historical setting.(National Museums of Scotland)
William Reid, 2001
8
Three Lives
any feeling, to see me suffer, would certainly never touch me except to take good care of me. Sometimes I certainly don't rightly see Mel- anctha, how much more game that is than just the ordinary kind of holler.” “No, Jeff Campbell, and made ...
Gertrude Stein, 2008
9
Geography and Plays
ROCHE Was one who certainly was one really being living, was this one a complete one, did that one completely have it to do very well something that that one certainly would be doing if that one could be doing something. Yes that one was ...
Gertrude Stein, 1999
10
Three Lives
"Melanctha Herbert", began Jeff Campbell, "I certainly after all this time I know you, I certainly do know little, real about you. You see, Melanctha, it's like this way with me"; Jeff was frowning, with his thinking and looking very hard into the fire, ...
Louis Auchincloss, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CERTAINLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term certainly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greek FM; Israel one of Greece's closest friends in world, 'certainly in …
Even amid massive uncertainty over the future of Greece and its economy, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias held discussions on Monday ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
2
'You certainly can't strangle a cat and throw it in a dumpster': Calgary …
A 75-year-old man is in police custody over allegations of animal cruelty after allegedly strangling three cats, killing two, and disposing of them ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
I was certainly ousted from Nalanda: Amartya Sen lashes out at …
"I was certainly ousted from Nalanda. Some members of the Board, especially the foreign members were keen on carrying on the battle for me ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
4
UFC's Conor McGregor Says He 'Would Certainly Dismantle' Floyd …
The UFC fighter appeared as guest in the Conan O'Brien's show on Thursday night saying that he “would certainly dismantle” the undefeated ... «International Business Times AU, Jul 15»
5
“It's certainly disappointing” Looming teacher shortage?
“It's certainly disappointing because we know we also need highly qualified teachers in the schools,” said Collins. Instead, the Wabash Valley ... «WTHITV.com, Jul 15»
6
In My Opinion - Solar power has certainly proved to be a good …
Mike Baker's recent letter regarding the cost of so-called green power is, as usual, full of assumptions. His only illustration of solar power is ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
7
Meeting people online is certainly not the only way to find love. Or …
Have you randomly met someone new lately? What could seem to you like a chance meeting may just be the hand of fate. “It's my own ... «Women24, Jul 15»
8
White House - 'Certainly possible' Iran talks deadline could slip …
WASHINGTON The White House said Tuesday's deadline for negotiators in Vienna to come to a final, firm agreement on Iran's nuclear ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
9
Europe Will 'Certainly Re-Engage' With Greece: Monti
Europe will "certainly re-engage" with the Greek government following Sunday's referendum on austerity, even though the ruling Syriza party ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
10
Retired but Certainly not the Retiring Type: My Encore Career
Not useless or used up - just a retired volunteer. What a pathetic headline for a whiny blog post. Back in October of 2013, less than a month into ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»

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