Certainly
De facto
De facto adverb - In reality or fact.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and certainly
- precisely and de facto
- really and certainly
- really and de facto
- actually and certainly
- actually and de facto
- truly and certainly
- truly and de facto
- fairly and certainly
- fairly and de facto
- absolutely and certainly
- absolutely and de facto
- positively and certainly
- positively and de facto
Both terms in one sentence
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She has gone down in history as an anomaly, only included on king-lists with an asterisk: the de facto monarch who 'ruled' for but a handful of days, never had any real power and certainly was never crowned.
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It certainly doesn't help that Shuichi, the de facto "head" (of sorts) of the Saito family, does not want Ichiro doing a story on his family.
Source: Manga / Uzumaki
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