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Synonyms for certainty
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sur-tn-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr tn ti |
Top 10 synonyms for certainty
Définition of certainty
Origin :- c.1300, certeynte, "surety, pledge," from Anglo-French certeinté (late 13c.), Old French certainete "certainty," from Latin or Vulgar Latin *certanitatem (source of Old Spanish certanedad); see certain. Meaning "that which is certain" is attested from early 14c.; meaning "quality of being certain" is from mid-14c.
- noun positive assurance
- noun fact, resulting truth
- Well, Shepler might be hurled from that certainty by one hour of determined action.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It was difficult to state with certainty what bad deed she had ever done, or what good deed.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Gracie Dennis thought she saw the certainty of failure, and was sorry for it.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- There was no lessening of the expression of certainty on the young man's face.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Mary's voice came with a certainty of conviction born of fact.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- And suspicion grew to certainty that she and Reid were lovers.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- She could not recover her ease of mind until she had the certainty that she was still beloved.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- We have not yet been informed with certainty what course the enemy have steered.
- Extract from : « A Book of Autographs » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Still there was nothing like certainty; 'twas always best to be off wi' the old, an' so forth!
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- The only difference between the two is the range at which this certainty exists.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
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