Dictionary

certainly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɜː.tn̩.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɝ.tn̩.li/ (Canada, General-American)
• (US) audio
• [ˈsɝ.ʔn̩.li] (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English certeynly; equivalent to certain + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a way which is certain; with certainty.
   • he verily thought he had young live frogs in his belly, qui vivebant ex alimento suo, that lived by his nourishment, and was so certainly persuaded of it, that for many years following he could not be rectified in his conceit. , I.iii.2.2
   • The torque was "built up" in the special back axle and the car crawled tankwise but very certainly over the obstacles without a jar or hesitation. 1923, A. A. Hill, Automobile Dealer and Repairer, page 30:
2. Without doubt, surely.
   • So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
   • WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
   • That was certainly sweet of him.
   • The accident was certainly caused by human error.
   • 'I'm all grown up now' -'You certainly have (grown)!'
3. An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.
   • Would you like it with ice?  Certainly, and with lemon please.

Forms

Antonyms

questionably · arguably · deniably · uncertainly · doubtfully · conditionally · debatably

Coordinates

questionably · perhaps · possibly · probably · maybe · arguably

Deriveds

uncertainly · soitenly

Hypernyms

obviously

Relateds

certain · irrefutable

Synonyms

categorically · without a doubt (without doubt) · indisputably (without doubt) · beyond doubt (with certainty) · wye aye · for a fact · positively · truly (without doubt) · without question · unarguably · for sure · unconditionally · definitely (without doubt) · ex facie · indeed (without doubt) · sure (without doubt) · doubtlessly (without doubt) · certainly · without a doubt (with certainty) · unquestionably (without doubt) · undeniably · for certain · decisively · wis (without doubt) · absolutely (with certainty) · really (without doubt) · damn straight · doubtless · surely (without doubt) · oh yeah · fo shizzle · univocally · assuredly · self-evidently · in fact (without doubt) · undoubtably · questionlessly · damn right · wis (with certainty) · undoubtedly (without doubt) · sure thing (with certainty) · no doubt (without doubt) · indubitably (without doubt) · rightly (without doubt) · without doubt · undoubtedly (with certainty) · indubitably (with certainty)

Translations (218)

sh doista (without doubt, surely) · sk určite (without doubt, surely) · sh несумњиво (emphatic affirmative answer) · eo certe (with certainty) · gl certamente (with certainty) · grc οὖν (with certainty) · ja 確実に (without doubt, surely) · sk iste (without doubt, surely) · it certamente (without doubt, surely) · es ciertamente (without doubt, surely) · ar بِالتَّأْكِيد (without doubt, surely) · el ασφαλώς (emphatic affirmative answer) · eo kompreneble (emphatic affirmative answer) · sv självklart (emphatic affirmative answer) · fr certainement (without doubt, surely) · cs jistě (without doubt, surely) · bo གདོན་མི་འཚལ་བར (without doubt, surely) · yi אַוודאי (without doubt, surely) · ru несомне́нно (without doubt, surely) · fr certainement (with certainty) · nl waarlijk (without doubt, surely) · bo ཡིན་གཅིག་མིན་གཅིག (without doubt, surely) · hu biztosan (with certainty) · fi varmasti (without doubt, surely) · txb ṣñikek (without doubt, surely) · el βεβαίως (without doubt, surely) · el σίγουρα (without doubt, surely) · de gewiss (without doubt, surely) · nl voorzeker (emphatic affirmative answer) · hu feltétlenül (without doubt, surely) · ja 絶対に (without doubt, surely) · ja その通り (emphatic affirmative answer) · fi ilman muuta (emphatic affirmative answer) · fr sûrement (without doubt, surely) · be напэ́ўна (without doubt, surely) · be бяссумне́нна (without doubt, surely) · ja 必ず (without doubt, surely) · io certe (without doubt, surely) · ru наверняка́ (without doubt, surely) · ro bineînțeles (without doubt, surely) · eo jes ja (emphatic affirmative answer) · uk напе́вно (without doubt, surely) · pt garantidamente (with certainty) · hu bizonyosan (with certainty) · ru непреме́нно (without doubt, surely) · sv självfallet (emphatic affirmative answer) · ia certo (without doubt, surely) · arz أكيد (without doubt, surely) · ar بِدُون شَكّ (emphatic affirmative answer) · ur اوشیے (without doubt, surely) · mi apa ia (emphatic affirmative answer) · pl na pewno (emphatic affirmative answer) · hu tényleg (without doubt, surely) · pt sem dúvida (without doubt, surely) · hu szívesen (emphatic affirmative answer) · mi āpāia (emphatic affirmative answer) · bg безспо́рно (without doubt, surely) · fr pour sûr (emphatic affirmative answer) · hu mindenképpen (without doubt, surely) · el βεβαίως (with certainty) · ca certament (with certainty) · fr sans nul doute (without doubt, surely) · ar بِدُون شَكّ (without doubt, surely) · uk безсумні́вно (without doubt, surely) · par nu'u (without doubt, surely) · sh zacijelo (without doubt, surely) · cs zajisté (emphatic affirmative answer) · gl abofé (emphatic affirmative answer) · ar بِدُون نِقَاش (without doubt, surely) · ar بِالتَّأْكِيد (with certainty) · ja もちろん (emphatic affirmative answer) · hi अवश्य (without doubt, surely) · bo ངེས་སོ (emphatic affirmative answer) · fi kyllä kiitos (emphatic affirmative answer) · ru непреме́нно (emphatic affirmative answer) · my တကယ် (without doubt, surely) · hu feltétlenül (emphatic affirmative answer) · it certamente (emphatic affirmative answer) · be кане́чна (without doubt, surely) · ar بِدُون نِقَاش (emphatic affirmative answer) · grc οὖν (without doubt, surely) · txb nemcek (without doubt, surely) · tr kesinlikle (with certainty) · hu határozottan (with certainty) · cs nepochybně (without doubt, surely) · hu természetesen (emphatic affirmative answer) · ca certament (emphatic affirmative answer) · cmn 當然 /当然 (emphatic affirmative answer) · it evidentemente (emphatic affirmative answer) · es cierto que (with certainty) · nrf pour saeure (emphatic affirmative answer) · hy անշուշտ (emphatic affirmative answer) · el ασφαλώς (without doubt, surely) · eo certe (emphatic affirmative answer) · sh дакако (emphatic affirmative answer) · nl zeker (emphatic affirmative answer) · ru коне́чно (without doubt, surely) · sk isto (without doubt, surely) · sk samozrejme (without doubt, surely) · ja 確かに (without doubt, surely) · enm certeynly (without doubt, surely) · hu kétségkívül (without doubt, surely) · cs jistě (emphatic affirmative answer) · he בוודאי (without doubt, surely) · mi āe rā (without doubt, surely) · es ciertamente (with certainty) · cs určitě (emphatic affirmative answer) · ru несомне́нно (emphatic affirmative answer) · ru безусло́вно (without doubt, surely) · te తప్పక (without doubt, surely) · la quippe (with certainty) · uk звича́йно (without doubt, surely) · nl beslist (without doubt, surely) · fi varmasti (with certainty) · es certeramente (with certainty) · bo ཡིན་དང་ཡིན (emphatic affirmative answer) · pon ahpw (without doubt, surely) · sh sigurno (without doubt, surely) · eo certe (without doubt, surely) · sv utan tvekan (emphatic affirmative answer) · tr kesinlikle (without doubt, surely) · sh свакако (emphatic affirmative answer) · gsw gwüss (without doubt, surely) · ckb ئەکید (without doubt, surely) · ru безусло́вно (emphatic affirmative answer) · fr évidemment (emphatic affirmative answer) · uk неодмі́нно (without doubt, surely) · nrf cèrtainement (with certainty) · sh nesumnjivo (emphatic affirmative answer) · pt certamente (emphatic affirmative answer) · be безумо́ўна (without doubt, surely) · pl zdecydowanie (emphatic affirmative answer) · hu kétségtelenül (without doubt, surely) · nrf cèrtainement (without doubt, surely) · bg си́гурно (with certainty) · de sicher (emphatic affirmative answer) · pt certamente (with certainty) · ca sense cap mena de dubte (without doubt, surely) · hy անկասկած (without doubt, surely) · sv naturligtvis (emphatic affirmative answer) · bg си́гурно (without doubt, surely) · vi chắc chắn (without doubt, surely) · it senza dubbio (without doubt, surely) · it non ci piove (without doubt, surely) · el βεβαίως (emphatic affirmative answer) · ru коне́чно (emphatic affirmative answer) · es a todas luces (without doubt, surely) · be вядо́ма (without doubt, surely) · bg разби́ра се (emphatic affirmative answer) · ckb ئەکید (emphatic affirmative answer) · nl zeker (without doubt, surely) · pdt zwoasch (without doubt, surely) · mk сигурно (without doubt, surely) · sw maalum (without doubt, surely) · ba әлбиттә (without doubt, surely) · bo ཡོད་དང་ཡོད (emphatic affirmative answer) · fi todellakin (without doubt, surely) · de sicherlich (without doubt, surely) · la certō (without doubt, surely) · nl voorzeker (without doubt, surely) · pt sem dúvida (emphatic affirmative answer) · bg несъмне́но (without doubt, surely) · it certamente (with certainty) · gl sen dúbida (without doubt, surely) · he בוודאות (without doubt, surely) · fi totta kai (emphatic affirmative answer) · ko 확실히 (without doubt, surely) · he בוודאי (emphatic affirmative answer) · sv utan tvekan (without doubt, surely) · sh наравно (emphatic affirmative answer) · sv säkerligen (without doubt, surely) · de zweifellos (without doubt, surely) · ja 必ず (emphatic affirmative answer) · pl z pewnością (without doubt, surely) · nl en of (emphatic affirmative answer) · pt certamente (without doubt, surely) · hu hogyne (emphatic affirmative answer) · cs určitě (without doubt, surely) · fi epäilemättä (without doubt, surely) · fr bien sûr (emphatic affirmative answer) · sh dakako (emphatic affirmative answer) · de freilich (without doubt, surely) · sh svakako (emphatic affirmative answer) · ar بِالتَّأْكِيد (emphatic affirmative answer) · he כַּמּוּבָן (emphatic affirmative answer) · gl abofé (without doubt, surely) · cmn 一定 (without doubt, surely) · sh naravno (emphatic affirmative answer) · nl beslist (emphatic affirmative answer) · fr sans aucun doute (without doubt, surely) · cs nepochybně (emphatic affirmative answer) · fa بطور محرز (without doubt, surely) · he בוודאות (with certainty) · ca sens dubte (without doubt, surely) · uk безумо́вно (without doubt, surely) · bo རྩོད་པ་མེད་པར (without doubt, surely) · uk авже́ж (without doubt, surely) · eo sendube (without doubt, surely) · la certē (emphatic affirmative answer) · cs samozřejmě (without doubt, surely) · pl pewnie (without doubt, surely) · de natürlich (emphatic affirmative answer) · mi anaoa (emphatic affirmative answer) · ru бесспо́рно (without doubt, surely) · bo གོར་མ་ཆག་པར (without doubt, surely) · enm certeynly (with certainty) · es certeramente (without doubt, surely) · ca certament (without doubt, surely) · cmn 當然 /当然 (without doubt, surely) · es dejuramente (without doubt, surely) · enm certeynly (emphatic affirmative answer) · bo ངེས་པར (with certainty) · es dejuramente (with certainty) · ro desigur (without doubt, surely) · ja 全く (emphatic affirmative answer) · hy իհարկե (emphatic affirmative answer) · bo ངེས་པར་དུ (without doubt, surely) · fr certainement (emphatic affirmative answer)