certainly not

idiom

: not at all
"Did I offend you?" "Oh, certainly not."

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Reid’s musical taste is certainly not limited to country. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025 And certainly not economic freedom: more than 45 million Americans collectively owe $1.7 trillion in student loans. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 So this is certainly not helping Jews to basically dismantle democracy and defund universities. Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 2025 This type of compromise is easier if Marylanders themselves come to understand that neither party, and certainly not a faction within a party, has all the answers. Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for certainly not

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“Certainly not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/certainly%20not. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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