Meaning

3 senses
  1. Without fail.

    slowly but surely

    bestimmt, sicherlich

    обяза́тельноobjazátelʹno

  2. Certainly, undoubtedly.

    Surely, you must be joking.

    You don’t suppose we're going to pay for you, surely?

    sicherlich

    наверняка́navernjaká, коне́чноkonéčno, несомне́нноnesomnénno

    зві́сноzvísno, безсумні́вноbezsumnívno

  3. With confidence.

    His feet were planted surely on the ground.

    уве́ренноuvérenno

More definitions
  • definitely or positively (‘sure’ is sometimes used informally for ‘surely’)

Examples

282 sentences
  1. Surely you know what to do?

    Звичайно ж, ти знаєш, що робити?

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  2. Surely we can get in touch with Tom.

    Звичайно ж, ми можемо зв'язатися з Томом.

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  3. Surely Tom is aware of that.

    Том, звичайно ж, у курсі.

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  4. The situation will surely get better.

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  5. We surely do appreciate what you've done.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
certainly, undoubtedly:
Русский
By meaning 3
without fail:
certainly, undoubtedly:
with confidence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
without fail:

Origin

From Middle English surely; equivalent to sure + -ly.

From Middle English surely; equivalent to sure + -ly.

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Forms

surelier/more surely, sureliest/most surely
Comparativesurelier / more surely Lesson
Superlativesureliest / most surely

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsure

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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