Meaning & Definition of Surely in English
English⟶
Surely
/ʃʊrli/
adverb
1. Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- "The results are surely encouraging"
- "She certainly is a hard worker"
- "It's going to be a good day for sure"
- "They are coming, for certain"
- "They thought he had been killed sure enough"
- "He'll win sure as shooting"
- "They sure smell good"
- "Sure he'll come"
synonym:
- surely,
- certainly,
- sure,
- for sure,
- for certain,
- sure enough,
- sure as shooting
Examples of using
At the present time you cannot claim that surely.
If anyone thinks differently, they surely do have a problem.
One may add matres lectionis when the word could be ambiguous, but surely it is not obligatory.