certainly
adverb
cer·tain·ly
ˈsər-tᵊn-lē 
Examples of certainly in a Sentence
It will certainly rain tomorrow.
This year's festival was certainly much better than last year's.
I'm certainly going to try.
The new version is most certainly easier to use.
The snake that bit her was almost certainly poisonous.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
That would certainly kill this impending cyber cliff edge.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Doja Cat is certainly stepping her kitty up.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
The video quality certainly looks top-rate in the following promotional clip released today by DJI.
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“Certainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/certainly. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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certainly
adverb
cer·tain·ly
ˈsərt-ᵊn-lē
1
: in a manner that is certain : for certain
the only event of which anything is certainly known
2
: without doubt : surely
certainly you can do it
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