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surely

[shoor-lee, shur-]

sure·ly

[shoor-lee, shur-]
adverb
1.
firmly; unerringly; without missing, slipping, etc.
2.
undoubtedly, assuredly, or certainly: The results are surely encouraging.
3.
(in emphatic utterances that are not necessarily sustained by fact) assuredly: Surely you are mistaken.
4.
inevitably or without fail: Slowly but surely the end approached.
5.
yes, indeed: Surely, I'll go with you!

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English surliche. See sure, -ly


2. See sure.

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Surely is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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surely (ˈʃʊəlɪ, ˈʃɔː-)
 
adv
1.  without doubt; assuredly: things could surely not have been worse
2.  without fail; inexorably (esp in the phrase slowly but surely)
3.  (sentence modifier) am I not right in thinking that?; I am sure that: surely you don't mean it?
4.  rare in a sure manner
5.  archaic safely; securely
6.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) (sentence substitute) willingly; of course; yes

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