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certitude | certainly |

As a noun certitude

is (uncountable) sureness, certainty.

As an adverb certainly is

in a way which is certain; with certainty.

certitude

English

(Certainty)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) Sureness, certainty.
  • I have absolute certitude about that.
  • (countable) Something that is a certainty.
  • Taxes are obviously certitudes .

    Synonyms

    * (l) (more common)

    Anagrams

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    certainly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a way which is certain; with certainty.
  • *, 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.
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  • *: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.
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  • An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.
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  • Synonyms

    * absolutely, beyond doubt, indubitably, sure thing, undoubtedly, wis, without a doubt

    Coordinate terms

    * maybe, possibly, arguably, questionably, probably, perhaps

    Derived terms

    * most certainly

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