certainly

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymssurelysurefor surefor certainsure enoughsure as shooting

   colloquialism

Questions about certainly

What does certainly mean?

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

How many syllables are in certainly?

certainly has 3 syllables: cer-tain-ly. The stress falls on "cer". In IPA it is /ˈsɝtənli/.

What is another word for certainly?

Close synonyms include surely, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is certainly a common word?

certainly is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with certainly?

1 word rhymes with certainly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.