certes
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of certes
1200–50; Middle English < Old French phrase a certes < Latin *ā certīs, literally, from sure (things); see a- 4, certain
Example Sentences
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Oh! certes, France is a gay and a pleasing land.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
I am so sory, now that ye be light; For certes, but ye make me hevy chere.
From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow
I woot wel ther is degree above degree, as reson is; and skile it is that men do hir devoir ther-as is due; but certes, extorciouns and despit of youre underlinges is dampnable.”
From Chaucer and His Times by Grace E. Hadow
I would not certes cut you short in hate, Far be it from me! hate on as ye can!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And, certes, they were all apparelled in gowns of white silk, broidered with gold of special design.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Christin? de Pisan
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