certainly

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[edit] English

Most common English words: unto « receive « tried « #553: certainly » big » road » husband

[edit] Etymology

certain +‎ -ly

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

certainly (comparative more certainly, superlative most certainly)

Positive
certainly

Comparative
more certainly

Superlative
most certainly

(literally) With certainty; without doubt.

The accident was certainly caused by human error.
An emphatic affirmative answer.

Would you like it with ice? Certainly, and with lemon please.

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with certainty, without doubt

Arabic: بالتأكيد ar(ar) (bi-l-ta'kiid), بدون شك ar(ar) (biduun shakk), بدون نقاش ar(ar) (biduun niqaash)

Egyptian Arabic: أكيد ('akiid)
Armenian: անկասկած hy(hy) (ankaskaç)
Bulgarian: безспорно bg(bg), несъмнено bg(bg)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 當然 cmn(cmn), 当然 cmn(cmn) (dāngrán), 一定 cmn(cmn) (yīdìng)
Croatian: zacijelo hr(hr), sigurno hr(hr), doista hr(hr), sigurno hr(hr)
Dutch: beslist, voorzeker, zeker, waarlijk
Finnish: todellakin, varmasti, epäilemättä
French: certainement fr(fr), bien sûr fr(fr), sans doute fr(fr)
German: sicherlich de(de), zweifellos de(de), gewiss de(de), freilich de(de)
Greek: σίγουρα el(el) (sígoura)

Hebrew: בוודאות he(he) (bevadaot)
Ido: certe io(io)
Italian: certamente it(it)
Japanese: 確かに ja(ja) (たしかに, tashika-ni), 必ず ja(ja) (かならず, kanarazu), 是非 ja(ja) (ぜひ, zehi), 確実に ja(ja) (かくじつに, kakujitsu-ni), もちろん ja(ja) (mochiron)
Kurdish:

Sorani: ئه‌کید ku(ku) (ekíd)
Persian: بطور محرز fa(fa)
Portuguese: certamente pt(pt), sem dúvida pt(pt)
Romanian: bineînţeles ro(ro), desigur ro(ro)
Russian: конечно ru(ru) (konéčno) (read: konéšno), несомненно ru(ru) (nesomnénno), непременно ru(ru) (nepreménno), безусловно ru(ru) (bezuslóvno), наверняка ru(ru) (navernjaká)
Spanish: ciertamente es(es), sin duda es(es)

emphatic affirmative answer

Arabic: بالتأكيد ar(ar) (bi-l-ta'kiid), بدون شك ar(ar) (biduun shakk), بدون نقاش ar(ar) (biduun niqaash)
Armenian: իհարկե hy(hy) (iharke), անշուշտ hy(hy) (anšušt)
Bulgarian: разбира се bg(bg)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 當然 cmn(cmn), 当然 cmn(cmn) (dāngrán)
Croatian: svakako hr(hr), dakako hr(hr)
Dutch: beslist, voorzeker, zeker, en of
Finnish: totta kai, ilman muuta, kyllä kiitos
French: certainement fr(fr), bien sûr fr(fr), sans doute fr(fr)
German: sicher de(de), natürlich de(de)
Greek: βεβαίως el(el) (vévaios)

Hebrew: בוודאי he(he) (be'vadai)
Italian: certamente it(it)
Japanese: その通り ja(ja) (そのとおり, sono tōri), 全く ja(ja) (まったく, mattaku), 必ず ja(ja) (かならず, kanarazu), 是非 ja(ja) (ぜひ, zehi)
Kurdish:

Sorani: ئه‌کید ku(ku) (ekíd)
Polish: na pewno pl(pl), zdecydowanie pl(pl)
Portuguese: certamente, sem dúvida
Russian: конечно ru(ru) (konéčno) (read: konéšno), несомненно ru(ru) (nesomnénno), непременно ru(ru) (nepreménno), безусловно ru(ru) (bezuslóvno)
Serbian: наравно sr(sr) (naravno), несумњиво sr(sr) (nesumnjivo)
Spanish: por supuesto es(es)

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Telugu: నిశ్చయంగా (niScayamgaa)

[edit] References

certainly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
certainly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

certainly

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