Associations to the word «Certainly»

Wiktionary

CERTAINLY, adverb. In a way which is certain; with certainty.
CERTAINLY, adverb. Without doubt, surely.
CERTAINLY, adverb. An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.

Dictionary definition

CERTAINLY, adverb. 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"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats