Certainly
Certainly adverb - Without any question.
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Synonyms for Certainly
Ostensibly and certainly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ostensibly" instead an adverb "Certainly".
Ostensibly
Ostensibly adverb - From appearances alone.
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Synonyms for Ostensibly
Certainly and ostensibly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certainly" instead an adverb "Ostensibly".
Nearby Word: ostensible
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- positively and certainly
- positively and ostensibly
- definitely and certainly
- definitely and ostensibly
- plainly and certainly
- plainly and ostensibly
- of course and certainly
- of course and ostensibly
- clearly and certainly
- clearly and ostensibly
- doubtless and certainly
- doubtless and ostensibly
- evidently and certainly
- evidently and ostensibly
Both words in one sentence
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Cool Car: Aside from their ostensibly commercial purposes, the Batmobile of this movie could certainly be one and Robin's Redbird motorcycle ain't too shabby either.
Source: Film / Batman & Robin -
The title quote from Marillion is ostensibly about an annoying an annoying person who keeps following the song's protagonist...although the annoying guest is almost certainly a metaphor for the AIDS virus.
Source: The Cat Came Back - Blue and the Rooster Teeth Shorts (in the latter of which he ostensibly plays himself) certainly qualify, but observations of Heyman outside of an acting capacity reveal that those characters likely have their roots in his real-life eccentric personality and quirky mannerisms.
Source: Cloud Cuckoolander / Real Life
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