English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
certain + -ly
Pronunciation [edit]
Adverb [edit]
certainly (comparative more certainly, superlative most certainly)
- In a way which is certain; with certainty.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.2.2:
- 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.
- Without doubt, surely; of course.
- The accident was certainly caused by human error.
- That was certainly sweet of him.
- You may certainly join us for dinner.
- An emphatic affirmative answer.
- Would you like it with ice? Certainly, and with lemon please.
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without doubt, surely
- Arabic: بالتأكيد (ar) (bi-l-ta'kiid), بدون شك (ar) (biduun shakk), بدون نقاش (ar) (biduun niqaash)
- Egyptian Arabic: أكيد ('akiid)
- Armenian: անկասկած (hy) (ankaskaç)
- Bulgarian: безспорно (bg) (bezsporno), несъмнено (bg) (nesǎmneno)
- Catalan: certament (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 當然 (cmn), 当然 (cmn) (dāngrán), 一定 (cmn) (yīdìng)
- Czech: určitě (cs), nepochybně (cs), jistě (cs)
- Dutch: beslist (nl), voorzeker (nl), zeker (nl), waarlijk (nl)
- Finnish: todellakin (fi), varmasti (fi), epäilemättä (fi)
- French: certainement (fr), certes (fr), sans nul doute (fr)
- German: sicherlich (de), zweifellos (de), gewiss (de), freilich (de)
- Greek: βεβαίως (el) (vevaíos), σίγουρα (el) (sígoura), ασφαλώς (el) (asfalós)
- Hebrew: בוודאות (he) (bevadaot)
- Hindi: अवश्य (hi) (avaśy)
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- Ido: certe (io)
- Interlingua: certo (ia)
- Italian: certamente (it)
- Japanese: 確かに (ja) (たしかに, tashika-ni), 必ず (ja) (かならず, kanarazu), 是非 (ja) (ぜひ, zehi), 確実に (ja) (かくじつに, kakujitsu-ni), もちろん (ja) (mochiron)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهکید (ku) (ekíd)
- Persian: بطور محرز (fa)
- Portuguese: certamente (pt), sem dúvida (pt)
- Romanian: bineînțeles (ro), desigur (ro)
- Russian: конечно (ru) (konéčno) (read: konéšno), несомненно (ru) (nesomnénno), непременно (ru) (nepreménno), безусловно (ru) (bezuslóvno), наверняка (ru) (navernjaká)
- Serbo-Croatian: zacijelo (sh), sigurno (sh), doista (sh), sigurno (sh)
- Spanish: ciertamente (es), sin duda (es)
- Urdu: اوشیے (ur) (avaśy)
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emphatic affirmative answer
- Arabic: بالتأكيد (ar) (bi-l-ta'kiid), بدون شك (ar) (biduun shakk), بدون نقاش (ar) (biduun niqaash)
- Armenian: իհարկե (hy) (iharke), անշուշտ (hy) (anšušt)
- Bulgarian: разбира се (bg) (razbira se)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 當然 (cmn), 当然 (cmn) (dāngrán)
- Czech: určitě (cs), nepochybně (cs), jistě (cs), zajisté (cs)
- Dutch: beslist (nl), voorzeker (nl), zeker (nl), en of (nl)
- Finnish: totta kai (fi), ilman muuta (fi), kyllä kiitos (fi)
- French: très certainement (fr), certes (fr), bien sûr (fr), pour sûr (fr), sans aucun doute (fr)
- German: sicher (de), natürlich (de)
- Greek: βεβαίως (el) (vevaíos), ασφαλώς (el) (asfalós)
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- Guernésiais: pour saeure
- Hebrew: בוודאי (he) (be'vadai)
- Italian: certamente (it)
- Japanese: その通り (ja) (そのとおり, sono tōri), 全く (ja) (まったく, mattaku), 必ず (ja) (かならず, kanarazu), 是非 (ja) (ぜひ, zehi)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهکید (ku) (ekíd)
- Maori: āpāia (mi)
- Polish: na pewno (pl), zdecydowanie (pl)
- Portuguese: certamente (pt), sem dúvida (pt)
- Russian: конечно (ru) (konéčno), несомненно (ru) (nesomnénno), непременно (ru) (nepreménno), безусловно (ru) (bezuslóvno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: свакако (sh), дакако (sh), наравно (sh) (naravno), несумњиво (sh) (nesumnjivo)
- Roman: svakako (sh), dakako (sh), naravno (sh), nesumnjivo (sh)
- Spanish: por supuesto (es)
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