CERTAINLY in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for CERTAINLY, such as:
1. The story is almost certainly false.
2. The design certainly looks good on paper.
3. Georgia certainly didn't seem to be a fool.
4. Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
5. The timely rain will certainly bring on the crops.
2. The design certainly looks good on paper.
3. Georgia certainly didn't seem to be a fool.
4. Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
5. The timely rain will certainly bring on the crops.
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Meanings and Examples of CERTAINLY
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certainly
ad. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence.
2 Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3 You certainly have the credit of being the first of us to find this out, and, as you say, it bears every mark of having been written by the other participant in last night's mystery.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
4 I was certainly feeling very weary, so I obeyed his injunction.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
5 Whatever the motives of these extraordinary crimes, robbery is certainly not one of them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
6 "Most certainly there is," I answered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
7 The window was open now; the birds certainly were singing.
8 And certainly the hate that now divided them was equal on each side.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
9 He certainly never had seen this old woman before.
10 That time, to which he has so long, and certainly with great constancy, looked forward, is now come.
11 It was very remarkable that a young gentleman who had been brought up under one continuous system of unnatural restraint, should be a hypocrite; but it was certainly the case with Tom.
12 It certainly did seem that the whelp yielded to this influence.
13 Perfectly cured he certainly was not, for he supported himself forward on crutches to give evidence.
14 In fact everything was a little ridiculous, or very ridiculous: certainly everything connected with authority, whether it were in the army or the government or the universities, was ridiculous to a degree.
15 Connie wondered what else they had: certainly neither eyes nor minds.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 A generation ago genetic codes were certainly unknown.
2 Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
3 The story is almost certainly false.
4 The news is almost certainly true although it is not official.
5 Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.
6 Macmillan wrote back saying that he could certainly help.
7 The purists won't like it, but opera on TV certainly brings in the audiences.
8 An invasion would certainly precipitate a political crisis.
9 It is certainly worth checking up on your benefit entitlements.
10 The timely rain will certainly bring on the crops.
11 A month of holidays in the summer resort will certainly bring you around.
12 I'll certainly carry on living here for the foreseeable future.
13 The design certainly looks good on paper.
14 Georgia certainly didn't seem to be a fool.
15 There certainly wasn't any malice in her comments.