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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "varmasti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "definitiv"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "bestimmt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "entschieden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "eindeutig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "wirklich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "gewiss"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "sicher"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "asal mẽ",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "असल में"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "niścayen",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "निश्चयेन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yaqīnan",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "यक़ीनन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "zarūr se",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "ज़रूर से"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yaqīn",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "यक़ीन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "yaqīn se",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "यक़ीन से"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "certamente"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "definitivno",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "дефинитивно"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "pozitívne"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "isto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "inequívocamente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "terminantemente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "with certainty",
"word": "de todas maneras"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very",
"word": "positief"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very",
"word": "erittäin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very",
"word": "erinomaisen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very",
"word": "wirklich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very",
"word": "sehr"
}
],
"word": "positively"
}
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