certain
Usage
What are other ways to say certain?
Certain, one of a handful of adjectives indicating full belief and trust that something is true, suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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To miss would be to die for CERTAIN, he thought; he preferred the chances of fair fight, and made up his mind to wait till morning; the morning did not leave him long to wait.
From A Passion in the Desert by Balzac, Honoré de
I know, I am CERTAIN, that you love me— therefore, it is useless to remind me of the fact with gifts.
From Poor Folk by Hogarth, C. J.
But I know for CERTAIN, that if she married me it would be her ruin; I know this and therefore I leave her alone.
From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.
I do not know FOR CERTAIN, Grandmamma," replied Polina; "but from Mlle.
From The Gambler by Hogarth, C. J.
The round the world is not CERTAIN, but the chance most excellent.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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