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certainly

Letters that make certainly

a, e, l, n, c, r, t, i, y are letters that make 'certainly'

Words within certainly

ER, cert, CER, certain, ain, Tai, CE, in, AI, ai, IN, Ce, Er, In, Ta, ERT are words within 'certainly'

certainly is a 9 letter word starting with c
certainly is a 9 letter word ending with y

1 possible definitions for 'certainly'

Certainly as "definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')"

Under this definition, certainly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

for sure, for certain, sure enough, surely, sure, sure as shooting have the same meaning as 'certainly'

certainly Usage

'certainly' can be a useage of colloquialism.

Pertain to certainly

certain(p), certain(p), sure pertain to 'certainly'.

Example of certainly used within this context

"the results are surely encouraging", "she certainly is a hard worker", "it's going to be a good day for sure", "they are coming, for certain", "they thought he had been killed sure enough", "he'll win sure as shooting", "they sure smell good", "sure he'll come"