Undoubtedly vs Certainly - What's the difference?
undoubtedly | certainly | Synonyms |
Without doubt.
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*: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.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
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, title= An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.
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Undoubtedly is a synonym of certainly.
As adverbs the difference between undoubtedly and certainly
is that undoubtedly is without doubt while certainly is in a way which is certain; with certainty.undoubtedly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}
Synonyms
* indubitably * unquestionably * doubtlessly * undoubtablycertainly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
