Surely

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surely \Sure"ly\, adv.
     1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly;
        undoubtedly; assuredly.
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              In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt


              surely die.                           --Gen. ii. 17.
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              He that created something out of nothing, surely can
              raise great things out of small.      --South.
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     2. Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely.
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              He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. --Prov. x.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surely
       adv : 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" [syn: {certainly}, {sure}, {for
             sure}, {for certain}, {sure enough}, {sure as shooting}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "surely":
     OK, Roger, absolutely, all right, alright, alrighty, amen,
     and no mistake, as you say, assuredly, at all events, at any rate,
     aye, beyond question, by all means, certainly, clearly,
     confidently, da, decidedly, decisively, definitely, determinedly,
     distinctly, doggedly, doubtless, doubtlessly, exactly, fatefully,
     fine, firmly, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for sure,
     forsooth, good, good enough, hear, in truth, indeed, indeedy,
     indefeasibly, indubitably, ineluctably, inescapably, inevasibly,
     inevitably, inexorably, inflexibly, irrevocably, ja, just so,
     mais oui, most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement,
     necessarily, nothing else but, of course, okay, oui, positively,
     precisely, quite, rather, really, relentlessly, right, righto,
     securely, solidly, steadily, sure, sure thing, to a certainty,
     to be sure, truly, unavoidably, uncontrollably, undoubtedly,
     unequivocally, unfalteringly, unmistakably, unpreventably,
     unquestionably, unswervingly, unyieldingly, very well,
     well and good, why yes, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed,
     yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree