Certainly and Fairly

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Certainly adverb - Without any question.

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Fairly and certainly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fairly" instead an adverb "Certainly".

Nearby Words: certain, certainty

Fairly adverb - To some degree or extent.

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Certainly and fairly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certainly" instead an adverb "Fairly".

Nearby Words: fair, fairness

For example, every alien enemy fought in-game that can carry weapons and grenades is at least vaguely humanoid, and certainly has an opposable thumb fairly similar to ours (and it works pretty well, so why should we be the only ones to evolve it?).

Source: In Working Order
Terminator 3: The Redemption was fairly well received, certainly better than the previous Terminator 3 games.

Source: Sugar Wiki / No Problem with Licensed Games
Nell certainly spends most of the film in various states of mental distress, but she does fairly little actual screaming.

Source: Film / The Haunting (1963)

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