certifiably

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   With the potential for certification.

   • Must such a neighborhood or district maintain a certain percentage of certifiably ethnic residents to maintain its eligibility?
   • One or two were hurriedly fetching ropes and yelling contradictory orders, from which I deduced that Mr. Brown had indeed fallen into the gorge, but was not yet certifiably dead.
2. 2

   Genuinely

   • The main purpose for California Certified Organic Farmers is to certify that the products that growers are selling are certifiably organic
3. 3

   To a great extent.

   • He is certifiably nuts
   • I don't think the numbers are quite that high today; still, we're glad to be up, up and away and soon over the top— headed for the North Face, Mount Snow's hidden cache of bumped-up, certifiably scary steeps.
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   1. 4

      Undoubtedly, demonstrably.

      • The Tofu Cheesecake Bake-Off, which ten daring bakers had entered, was a special event held mid-week. It was, certifiably, the world's first such tofu pie contest
      • You can get a long way into the Presley or Lennon mythology before you have to worry about the way these certifiably electric personalities dealt with the vocal problems of a particular phrase
      • Besides that, Mir was certifiably loaded ... she didn't need my Mom to buy her squat ... but apparently Mom had insisted.

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