surely

English

Etymology

sure +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈʃʊ(ə)ɹli/, /ˈʃɔɹli/, /ˈʃɝli/, /ˈʃɔː.li/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: Shirley (in some dialects)

Adverb

surely (comparative more surely, superlative most surely)

1. without fail.

   slowly but surely

2. certainly, undoubtedly.

   Surely, you must be joking.

3. 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...

Synonyms

• certainly, wis

Translations

without fail

• Catalan: segurament (ca)
• Finnish: varmasti (fi)
• French: sûrement (fr)

• Norwegian: sikkert (no)
• Polish: pewnie
• Russian: обязательно (ru) (objazátelʹno)

certainly, undoubtedly

• Arabic: بالتأكيد (ar) (bi-'l-taʾkīd)
• Catalan: segurament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一定 (cmn) (yídìng)

• Dutch: zeker (nl), vast (nl), zeker weten (nl)
• Finnish: varmasti (fi), vakavasti (fi)
• French: sûrement (fr), assurément (fr)

• German: sicherlich (de)
• Japanese: 確かに (ja) (たしかに, tashika ni), てっきり (ja) (tekkiri)
• Norwegian: sikkert (no)
• Polish: z pewnością
• Russian: наверняка (ru) (navernjaká), конечно (ru) (konéšno), несомненно (ru) (nesomnénno)
• Spanish: seguramente (es)

with confidence

• Finnish: tukevasti (fi), lujasti (fi)
• French: sûrement (fr), assurément (fr)
• Norwegian: trygt (no), sikkert (no)

• Polish: pewnie
• Russian: уверенно (ru) (uvérenno)

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• Arabic: بالتأكيد (bi-t-ta’kí:d)
• Mandarin: 一定 (yídìng)
• German: sicherlich
• Hungarian: biztosan, hogyne

• Italian: sicuramente (it), certamente (it)
• Japanese: 確かに (たしかに, tashika ni)
• Korean: 확실히 (hwaksilhi)
• Latin: nonne (la)
• Portuguese: certamente (pt)
• Spanish: seguramente (es), sin duda (es)
• Swedish: säkerligen