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Collocations for "certainly"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "certainly" in context.

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certainly

adv

yes, certainly!
certainly, take [one, my keys, your time]
certainly not!
you certainly can!
you may certainly not [go, leave, stay]
she certainly is [tall, beautiful, smart]
this is certainly a great [meal, party, song]
are certainly [going, staying, coming]
will certainly [win, rain, finish on time]
is certainly something to [think about, consider]
you certainly have [messed up, done a great job]

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'certainly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

act - appetite - awful - behold - coincidence - curious - envy - escalate - fire - gloomy - lacking - material - memorable - onion - originate - possible - proposition - puzzle - request - seem - sight - slouch - sum - toll - understand - understandable - unforeseen - why - will

Forum discussions with the word(s) "certainly" in the title:

“It certainly wasn’t the worst of the assignments - English Only forum
A little time, therefore - I shall certainly try to get the better - English Only forum
Adverb - certainly - English Only forum
almost the last, certainly the warmest, of the summer - English Only forum
and certainly refinements in vision - English Only forum
and certainly since World War II - English Only forum
And certainly that one No colour in the rainbow - English Only forum
And doctors, cooks certainly - English Only forum
And they will certainly guess wrong <some of the time><sometimes>. - English Only forum
and though I should certainly be a more interesting object to all my acquaintance were I distractedly in love with him, - English Only forum
And you have certainly bestowed it most [unwillingly] - English Only forum
Bad starts will certainly lead to bad results - English Only forum
but certainly - English Only forum
But I certainly relate to the Obama administration’s empathy - English Only forum
But really nobody- and certainly not the United States- has laid out the plan to get there. - English Only forum
by a man whose imagination had certainly been fed on - English Only forum
Can "no doubt" mean "certainly"? - English Only forum
certainly & slightly overweight - English Only forum
certainly don't verb vs don't certainly verb - English Only forum
Certainly Egyptian writing evolved from cuneiform – it can’t have been an on-the-spot invention. - English Only forum
certainly its head jerkey to a jokey, quizzical angle... - English Only forum
certainly mediaeval crowd ...more effectively staged - English Only forum
Certainly not - English Only forum
certainly not as a child anyway - English Only forum
certainly not in any public display. - English Only forum
certainly not one justifying any loss of cohesion in the general scheme - English Only forum
Certainly not, my dear - English Only forum
certainly not... or - English Only forum
certainly not/unlikely/no possible - English Only forum
Certainly nowhere very optimistic. - English Only forum
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