surely
/ˈʃʊɹli/ adverb B1- Without fail. · slowly but surely
- Certainly, undoubtedly. · Surely, you must be joking.· You don’t suppose we're going to pay for you, surely?
- With confidence. · His feet were planted surely on the ground.
Comparative surelier · Superlative sureliest
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de Villefort,” said Renée, becoming more and more terrified; “you surely are not in earnest.”
“They surely will never do for a long journey, Toto,” she said.
For if I should kill another bug or beetle I should surely cry again, and crying rusts my jaws so that I cannot speak.”
“We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
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