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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O’Leary, who also threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, is feeling locked in on the mound and certainly at the plate.
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Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Thomas is ailing, and this is almost certainly going to be his last interview.
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Far too many people are struggling to survive and certainly can't thrive paycheck to paycheck in this country, which should not be happening in the wealthiest country in the history of the world.
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But there were certainly some who started to question it.
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Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Thomas is ailing, and this is almost certainly going to be his last interview.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Far too many people are struggling to survive and certainly can't thrive paycheck to paycheck in this country, which should not be happening in the wealthiest country in the history of the world.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
But there were certainly some who started to question it.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Certainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/certainly. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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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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