adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:D EH1 F AH0 N AH0 T L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
Without question and beyond doubt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Joe definitely doesn't know how to drive a tractor.
She said she wasn't coming, definitely.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
In a definite manner; decisively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
without question and beyond doubt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
it was decidedly too expensive
she told him off in spades
by all odds they should win
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, in spades, by all odds
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English definite Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English definitely From definite + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
beslis
— without question and beyond doubt
Arabic:
بِالتَّأْكِيد
(bi-t-taʔkīd)
— without question and beyond doubt
Belarusian:
пэ́ўна
(péwna)
— without question and beyond doubt
Belarusian:
напэ́ўна
(napéwna)
— without question and beyond doubt
Bulgarian:
със сигурност
(sǎs sigurnost)
— without question and beyond doubt
Catalan:
definitivament
— without question and beyond doubt
Chinese Mandarin:
肯定
(kěndìng)
— without question and beyond doubt
Chinese Mandarin:
定然
(dìngrán)
— without question and beyond doubt
Czech:
rozhodně
— without question and beyond doubt
Czech:
určitě
— without question and beyond doubt
Dutch:
zeker
— without question and beyond doubt
Dutch:
zeker weten
— without question and beyond doubt
Dutch:
zonder twijfel
— without question and beyond doubt
Esperanto:
nepre
— without question and beyond doubt
Esperanto:
certe
— without question and beyond doubt
Finnish:
ehdottomasti
— without question and beyond doubt
Finnish:
varmasti
— without question and beyond doubt
French:
décidément
— without question and beyond doubt
French:
certainement
— without question and beyond doubt
French:
sans conteste
— without question and beyond doubt
French:
assurément
— without question and beyond doubt
Galician:
definitivamente
— without question and beyond doubt
Georgian:
უეჭველად
(ueč̣velad)
— without question and beyond doubt
Georgian:
ნამდვილად
(namdvilad)
— without question and beyond doubt
German:
definitiv
— without question and beyond doubt
German:
bestimmt
— without question and beyond doubt
German:
sicher
— without question and beyond doubt
Hebrew:
בהחלט
— without question and beyond doubt
Hungarian:
biztosan
— without question and beyond doubt
Hungarian:
feltétlenül
— without question and beyond doubt
Hungarian:
kétségkívül
— without question and beyond doubt
Hungarian:
kétségtelenül
— without question and beyond doubt
Hungarian:
okvetlenül
— without question and beyond doubt
Hungarian:
bizonyosan
— without question and beyond doubt
Hungarian:
minden bizonnyal
— without question and beyond doubt
Icelandic:
örugglega
— without question and beyond doubt
Italian:
indubbiamente
— without question and beyond doubt
Italian:
non ci piove
— without question and beyond doubt
Japanese:
確かに
(tashika ni)
— without question and beyond doubt
Japanese:
きっと
(kitto)
— without question and beyond doubt
Japanese:
必ず
(kanarazu)
— without question and beyond doubt
Korean:
명확히
(myeonghwakhi)
— without question and beyond doubt
Korean:
반드시
(bandeusi)
— without question and beyond doubt
Korean:
확실히
(hwaksilhi)
— without question and beyond doubt
Central Kurdish:
دەراندەر
(derander)
— without question and beyond doubt
Central Kurdish:
دەراودەر
(derawder)
— without question and beyond doubt
Northern Kurdish:
derander
— without question and beyond doubt
Northern Kurdish:
teqez
— without question and beyond doubt
Latvian:
noteikti
— without question and beyond doubt
Macedonian:
определено
(opredeleno)
— without question and beyond doubt
Macedonian:
несомнено
(nesomneno)
— without question and beyond doubt
Macedonian:
дефинитивно
(definitivno)
— without question and beyond doubt
Malay:
pasti
— without question and beyond doubt
Norwegian:
definitivt
— without question and beyond doubt
Norwegian:
utvilsomt
— without question and beyond doubt
Persian:
حتماً
(hatman)
— without question and beyond doubt
Pohnpeian:
ahpw
— without question and beyond doubt
Polish:
na pewno
— without question and beyond doubt
Polish:
zdecydowanie
— without question and beyond doubt
Portuguese:
definitivamente
— without question and beyond doubt
Russian:
определённо
(opredeljónno)
— without question and beyond doubt
Russian:
несомне́нно
(nesomnénno)
— without question and beyond doubt
Russian:
наверняка́
(navernjaká)
— without question and beyond doubt
Serbo-Croatian:
дефинитивно
— without question and beyond doubt
Serbo-Croatian:
definitivno
— without question and beyond doubt
Slovene:
definitivno
— without question and beyond doubt
Slovene:
zagotovo
— without question and beyond doubt
Slovene:
nedvomno
— without question and beyond doubt
Spanish:
definitivamente
— without question and beyond doubt
Spanish:
indudablemente
— without question and beyond doubt
Swedish:
definitivt
— without question and beyond doubt
Turkish:
kesinlikle
— without question and beyond doubt
Ukrainian:
напе́вно
(napévno)
— without question and beyond doubt
Uzbek:
aniq
— without question and beyond doubt
Uzbek:
shubhasiz
— without question and beyond doubt
Welsh:
yn bendant
— without question and beyond doubt
Catalan:
decididament
— in a definite manner
Finnish:
päättäväisesti
— in a definite manner
French:
décidément
— in a definite manner
French:
assurément
— in a definite manner
Hungarian:
határozottan
— in a definite manner
Italian:
decisamente
— in a definite manner
Hungarian:
hogyne
— An emphatic affirmative answer; of course
Hungarian:
persze
— An emphatic affirmative answer; of course
Hungarian:
természetesen
— An emphatic affirmative answer; of course
Italian:
non ci piove
— An emphatic affirmative answer; of course
Italian:
certamente
— An emphatic affirmative answer; of course
Māori:
āpāia
— An emphatic affirmative answer; of course
