Certainly
Certainly adverb - Without any question.
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Presumably and certainly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Presumably" instead an adverb "Certainly".
Presumably
Presumably adverb - By reasonable assumption.
Usage example: presumably he'll come later
Certainly and presumably are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certainly" instead an adverb "Presumably".
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Related pairs
- truly and certainly
- truly and presumably
- absolutely and certainly
- absolutely and presumably
- positively and certainly
- positively and presumably
- definitely and certainly
- definitely and presumably
- clearly and certainly
- clearly and presumably
- probably and certainly
- probably and presumably
- doubtless and certainly
- doubtless and presumably
Both words in one sentence
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He presumably dies pretty easily, but his skull certainly earned its place on the Predator's trophy rack.
Source: Film / Predator 2 - Presumably it's a joke at the expense of those roleplayers who end up playing good alignments as neutral — certainly Artax acts True Neutral and Yeagar is textbook Chaotic Neutral.
Source: Comic Strip / Nodwick -
Surfer Dude: The announcer (presumably one of the turtles) certainly sounds like one.
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