There is definitely no A in definitely!
I think the tendency to put an A in place of the second I is linked to the tendency to put the emphasis on the third syllable, when speaking, for effect. The stress should be on the first syllable.
Related words are all from the same Latin root finire to finish and definire to set bounds.
finishfinitedefinitedefinition
NB always …INI…
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