Adverb

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Without doubt; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly.

* 1893 , , "The Realm Of The Unreal":

I cannot remember that I spoke a word, though doubtless I did.

* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz):

The men, Dorothy thought, were about as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards. But the little woman was doubtless much older. Her face was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.

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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