definitely or positively; " 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"; (` sure' is used informally for ` surely' as in" they sure smell good"; " sure he'll come")

definitely or positively (` sure' is sometimes used informally for ` surely'); " 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".

Without doubt or question; unquestionably.

With assurance; surely; undoubtedly.

Surely.

Without doubt or without fail.

Certainly not, he told her. – At the Mercy of Tiberius by August Evans Wilson

" Certainly you have that right. – At the Mercy of Tiberius by August Evans Wilson

The more we love Him, the more we shall most certainly love others. – Kept for the Master's Use by Frances Ridley Havergal

I'll certainly have time. – Partners of the Out-Trail by Harold Bindloss

Certainly not so many. – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

" Certainly not," the Queen said. – Brain Twister by Gordon Randall Garrett Laurence Mark Janifer

" I certainly do," said Drew. – Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

" I shall certainly speak to Olga. – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell

Was it certainly so? – Poems - Second Series by J. C. Squire

" I certainly am glad of that," thought the Horse to himself. – The Story of a White Rocking Horse by Laura Lee Hope

Ah'll think about stoppin', Ah certainly will. – A Tar-Heel Baron by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton

To- night, certainly, he'd said nothing of the sort. – The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell Webster

And that is certainly what would have happened if I had not learned of the whole wretched deal, through Dart, last night." – The Short Cut by Jackson Gregory

Certainly, you are quite right. – The Tracer of Lost Persons by Robert W. Chambers

You certainly would be. – Senator North by Gertrude Atherton

It certainly was not. – Loyal to the School by Angela Brazil

To this question there certainly can be but one answer. – The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Lysander Spooner

If we married, it would certainly come out. – The Awakening of Helena Richie by Margaret Deland

This is certainly going some! – Tom Swift and his Wizard Camera or, Thrilling Adventures while taking Moving Pictures by Victor Appleton

I certainly didn't like her then. – The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy