Surely
WordNet
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"
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- without fail.
- slowly but surely
- certainly, undoubtedly.
- surely you must be joking
- with confidence.
- his feet were planted surely on the ground
Quotations
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...