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The man must certainly own a pair of regular prescription glasses and was being extremely naive.

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definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"

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The clearest senses and uses of certainly gathered in one view.

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The man must certainly own a pair of regular prescription glasses and was being extremely naive.

Depression certainly doesn't make it any easier -- I know that from experience, too.

First, computer programmers are certainly among the most respected trades.

Think of it this way: had your company been successful, it almost certainly would have left you in a state where you'd be working for someone else for a couple years during your earnout.

Second, the baseline for becoming a programmer isn't very high -- certainly nothing on the order of becoming a doctor or lawyer.

I learned to make decisions in the absence of firm information, knowing that I may be wrong but that I can't make any forward progress without trying something out that is almost certainly wrong.

If by "if-by-whiskey" you mean the fallacious, flip-flopping, cowardly practice of pandering, then certainly I am against it. But, if when you say "if-by-whiskey" you mean the circumspect, open-minded, responsive practice of consideration, then I am certainly for it. This is my stand.