as in certainly
without any question
surely there's something I can do to help
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Recent Examples of surely
If light was an electromagnetic wave, and all waves required a medium to travel through (which was our understanding at the time), then — as all the heavenly bodies traveled through the medium of space — surely that medium itself, the aether, was the medium that light traveled through.
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Big Think, 7 May 2026
Now that Mozilla has revealed a dozen of them, the same critics will surely claim they too were cherry-picked and conceal less accurate results.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026
With neither of the two outside cornerback spots locked down, Johnson will surely have to compete.
—Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Any addition now necessitates a departure, and Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta surely isn’t done trying to solidify the roster.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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Big Think, 7 May 2026
Now that Mozilla has revealed a dozen of them, the same critics will surely claim they too were cherry-picked and conceal less accurate results.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026
With neither of the two outside cornerback spots locked down, Johnson will surely have to compete.
—Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Any addition now necessitates a departure, and Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta surely isn’t done trying to solidify the roster.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surely
Adverb
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Sadly, the project is almost certainly a fantasy.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Shareef Elaydi certainly falls into that top-end category.—
Glenn Reeves,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
Adverb
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Lazare definitely set the tone Thursday, batting third in the bottom of the first inning and driving the ball over the fence in center field for a two-run homer to spark the Storm to an 11-5 Upstate Eight win over visiting Larkin.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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This is definitely the day to do something.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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And Winston sure knows his Giants history.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Jimmy Fallon sure won’t, and the Internet may not, either.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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Republicans clearly have more easy opportunities to draw friendly districts going forward.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The strongest bond is the one that knows how to meet you clearly.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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Some portion of eligible people are probably discouraged from applying at all, believing the lottery system to be rigged or pointless.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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The Chargers’ last game was a playoff loss to Vrabel’s Patriots, so nothing short of an edict from the NFL probably would have stopped the franchise’s social media team from referencing the Vrabel-Russini controversy.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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“Surely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surely. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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