Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈsɜː.tɪz/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈsɝ.tiz/
Pronunciation notes
- US
Adverb
Certainly, indeed.
Usage- Archaic
- not-comparable
- Examples
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[F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]
This was very unpleasant, at least to myself; though, certes, it did not prey upon the minds of the others.
More examples (1)
Here, certes, was no lost soul, but one who had gone joyfully to meet her Lord.