Certainly not
Definitely not and certainly not are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Definitely not" instead the phrase "Certainly not" as an adverb or a interjection.
Definitely not
Certainly not and definitely not are semantically related. You can use "Certainly not" instead the phrase "Definitely not" as an adverb or a interjection.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hardly and certainly not
- hardly and definitely not
- negative and certainly not
- negative and definitely not
- nix and certainly not
- nix and definitely not
- scarcely and certainly not
- scarcely and definitely not
- no and certainly not
- no and definitely not
- by no means and certainly not
- by no means and definitely not
- not at all and certainly not
- not at all and definitely not
Both terms in one sentence
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Implausible Deniability/Most Definitely Not a Villain: The witch, who continually insists her shop is a normal store, that her carvings do not have magic spells enchanted in them and that she is most certainly not a witch.Merida: (gleefully) You're a witch!
Source: Western Animation / Brave
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