"certainliest" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adverb}} certainliest
  1. (rare, obsolete) superlative form of certainly: most certainly Tags: form-of, obsolete, rare, superlative Form of: certainly (extra: most certainly)
    Sense id: en-certainliest-en-adv-YCTLv2HT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "Without doubt many acute, malign, and confuſed ſickneſſes, would be beſt, eaſilieſt and certainlieſt cured by Plants of that Planet that are antipathetical to the Planet that is found to cauſe the Diſeaſe; […]",
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          "text": "Uſe always the float and quill, angle for him [the carp] ſometimes above, and ſometimes below mid-water, as the weather is, tho’ in mid-water he is the certainlieſt taken, eſpecially in a pond, but in rivers he is very ſhy: […]",
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