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てっきり (tekkiri)

surely, certainly, beyond doubt

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 3
  • #14579 most frequent

Meaning

てっきり (tekkiri) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “surely, certainly, beyond doubt”.

Example sentences 9

てっきりもう帰かえったと思おもってましたよ

I thought that he had already gone home.

てっきりそうに違いないと思った.

I thought it must be so.

てっきり,これでおれも最後だと思った.

I thought my time had come for sure.

私はそれがてっきりこれで最後かと思った。

I thought for sure that this would be the end.

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