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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Established beyond a doubt: certain, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, sure, unassailable, undeniable, undisputable, unquestionable. See CERTAIN, TRUE. 2. Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed: categorical, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, explicit, express, precise, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal. See CLEAR. 3. Known positively: certain, definite, sure. Idioms: for certain. See CERTAIN. 4. Giving assent: affirmative, favorable. See AFFIRM. 5. Of a constructive nature: affirmative. Informal : upbeat. See HELP. 6. Having no doubt: assured, certain, confident, sure, undoubting. See CERTAIN. 7. Informal. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer2, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter2. Informal : flat-out. Chiefly British : blooming. See BIG, LIMITED.
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