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English Dictionary: surely by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surely
adv
  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"
    Synonym(s): surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surely \Sure"ly\, adv.
      1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly;
            undoubtedly; assuredly.
  
                     In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
                     surely die.                                       --Gen. ii. 17.
  
                     He that created something out of nothing, surely can
                     raise great things out of small.         --South.
  
      2. Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely.
  
                     He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. --Prov. x.
                                                                              9.
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