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# surely

«surely» in Mova's school dictionary: **for certain, with no doubt** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (surely)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Surely means for certain, with no doubt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#m1)

2) Surely is often used when you think something must be true and are surprised it might not be: surely you know that! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#m2)

3) Slowly but surely means slowly but steadily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a story word for certainty; in reasoning problems «surely» means in every case, even the worst one: how many must you pick to surely get two of a kind. In life: «surely» shows strong belief. Phrases: slowly but surely, surely not, surely you can.

### examples

- How many must you pick to surely get 2 blue? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x1)
- Surely he has more than 10 coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x2)
- The bag will surely hold 5 more apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x3)
- Which statement is surely true? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x4)
- Surely you don't want to go out in this rain! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x5)
- Slowly but surely, the tortoise won the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x6)
- If we leave now, we will surely be on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x7)
- Surely not! Did he really eat ten pancakes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x8)
- Surely they will not overlook you." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/#x9)

### note

Adverb from «sure». In questions and exclamations it shows surprise (surely you remember?) and does not always mean «certainly». Asks for a result that holds in every case; think of the worst luck. Otherwise no clue.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat whispers: «Here, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/20/)
- [Toad protests: «you wouldn't surely have Mr.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman/12/)
- [Words like everyone, obviously and surely are clues.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/8/)
- [A rhetorical question is asked for effect and doesn't expect an answer, like «Surely you agree?»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/17/)
- [pevno means surely or of course, a strong agreement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/3-please-thank-you-sorry-okay/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.