'Surely' definitions:
Definition of 'surely'
(from WordNet)
adverb
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" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]
Definition of 'Surely'
From: GCIDE
- Surely \Sure"ly\, adv.
- 1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly. [1913 Webster]
- In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. --Gen. ii. 17. [1913 Webster]
- He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely. [1913 Webster]
- He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. --Prov. x. 9. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surely'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolutely,
- all right,
- alright,
- alrighty,
- amen,
- and no mistake,
- as you say,
- assuredly,
- at all events,
- at any rate,
- aye,
- beyond question,
- by all means,
- certainly,
- clearly,
- confidently,
- da,
- decidedly,
- decisively,
- definitely,
- determinedly,
- distinctly,
- doggedly,
- doubtless,
- doubtlessly,
- exactly,
- fatefully,
- fine,
- firmly,
- for a certainty,
- for a fact,
- for certain,
- for sure,
- forsooth,
- good,
- good enough,
- hear,
- in truth,
- indeed,
- indeedy,
- indefeasibly,
- indubitably,
- ineluctably,
- inescapably,
- inevasibly,
- inevitably,
- inexorably,
- inflexibly,
- irrevocably,
- ja,
- just so,
- mais oui,
- most assuredly,
- most certainly,
- naturally,
- naturellement,
- necessarily,
- nothing else but,
- of course,
- OK,
- okay,
- oui,
- positively,
- precisely,
- quite,
- rather,
- really,
- relentlessly,
- right,
- righto,
- Roger,
- securely,
- solidly,
- steadily,
- sure,
- sure thing,
- to a certainty,
- to be sure,
- truly,
- unavoidably,
- uncontrollably,
- undoubtedly,
- unequivocally,
- unfalteringly,
- unmistakably,
- unpreventably,
- unquestionably,
- unswervingly,
- unyieldingly,
- very well,
- well and good,
- why yes,
- yea,
- yeah,
- yep,
- yes,
- yes indeed,
- yes indeedy,
- yes sir,
- yes sirree