certainly

adverb

1. 1

   In a way which is certain; with certainty.

   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.

   The torque was "built up" in the special back axle and the car crawled tankwise but very certainly over the obstacles without a jar or hesitation.

2. 2

   Without doubt, surely.

   The accident was certainly caused by human error.

   That was certainly sweet of him.

   'I'm all grown up now' -'You certainly have (grown)!'

   So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

3. 3

   An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.

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

Forms

comparative

more certainly, certainlier

superlative

most certainly, certainliest