certainlier

English

Adverb

certainlier

1. (rare, obsolete) comparative form of certainly: more certainly
   • 1561 May 6, Ihon Caluin [i.e., John Calvin], translated by [Thomas Norton], The Institution of Christian Religion, […], London: […] Reinolde Vvolfe & Richarde Harison, folio 103, verso:

     We are ſayd to receiue, to obteyne, to gette that whiche ſo farre as concerneth the felyng of our faith, is geuen vs of the Loꝛde, whether he doo then fyꝛſt teſtifie it, oꝛ beyng teſtified dothe moꝛe and certainlier confirme it.

   • 1601, Iohn Wheeler, A Treatise of Commerce, wherin Are Shewed the Commodies Arising by a Wel Ordered, and Ruled Trade, Such as That of the Societie of Merchantes Adventurers Is Proved to Bee, […], Middelburg, Zeeland: […] Richard Schilders, […], page 84:

     […] withall let them vnderſtande, and be well aſſured, that the M. M. Adventurers both know, and regarde the eſſentiall partes, groundes, and pillers of Trafficque, and of olde tyme haue put them in practiſe, and yet at this day doe quietelier, better, & certainlier obſerue, and mainteyne them, then the Cuſtomers of the out Portes (I feare me) doe their office: […]

   • 1603, Richard Rogers, Seuen Treatises, Containing Such Direction as Is Gathered out of the Holie Scriptures, Leading and Guiding to True Happines, Both in This Life, and in the Life to Come: and May Be Called the Practise of Christianitie. […], London: […] Felix Kyngston, for Thomas Man, and Robert Dexter, […], pages 530–531; republished in Early English Books Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Text Creation Partnership, p. 2011:

     Or who seeth not this: that, euen men who deserue to be well thought of for many causes,* yet in some particular things refusing to be directed aright, and following their owne will, and caried by their euill affections, take libertie to themselues to misspende the time in foolish iesting, idle and harmefull talking, in lightnesse, in wantonnesse of the eie, euill companionship, &c. for the which sweet meat they haue afterwards soure sauce: and by those meanes onely, raise vp in their hearts secret accusations, checks of conscience, hor∣rour and feare of death and the iudgement day, quenching of the spirit of God, and such like; and the better men they be, the sooner and certainlier they are thus rewarded.