as in certainly
without any question
surely there's something I can do to help
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Recent Examples of surely
His optimism has been borne out by an economy that has surprised to the upside consistently throughout 2025, with skeptics warning the impact of tariffs and wider macroeconomic uncertainty would surely show up soon in the data.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Kingsnorth is surely right that public life has been overtaken by a narrow fixation on data and measurement.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Not on Instagram and surely a Paddington conflict of interest.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Business is surely likely to boom Wednesday.
—Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Kingsnorth is surely right that public life has been overtaken by a narrow fixation on data and measurement.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Not on Instagram and surely a Paddington conflict of interest.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Business is surely likely to boom Wednesday.
—Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surely
Adverb
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But, in his first game back from a knee sprain, Bichette certainly didn’t look comfortable doing it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kansas redshirt-sophomore guard Elmarko Jackson certainly showed Friday he’s recovered from patellar tendon surgery that forced him to redshirt the 2024-25 campaign.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The vibes are definitely compromised around Anfield.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some other state, possibly culminating in a singularity but definitely not an inflationary state itself, must have preceded it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Wolves sure better hope so.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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And sure, there’s only three offensive line starters.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But the Juventus coach clearly does pay attention to what is said about him and his team.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Dallas Federal Reserve’s September Energy Survey noted that the energy business activity index, the broadest measure of energy firm conditions, remained clearly in negative territory.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Louisville would probably look quite different if the founder of Brown-Forman never became the first whiskey maker to bottle and seal his liquor.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sports betting is probably as old as sports itself.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Surely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surely. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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