Antonym: perhaps. Similar words: leisurely, purely, obscurely, rely, barely, rarely, merely, rely on. Meaning: ['ʃʊrlɪ /'ʃʊə-] adv. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').
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91) 'If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?' She had a point there.
92) The most common parental admonition must surely be "Don't stay out late".
93) The actors are very good, but when all is considered the laurels must surely go to the director of the play.
94) Surely no one would be foolish enough to lend him the money?
95) It's surely not beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution.
96) Surely they won't refuse?
97) She was surely the most distinguished queen consort we have had.
98) The surely insolence of the waiters drove him into a rage, and he flung his serviette to the floor and stalked out of the restaurant.
99) Surely the local business community could have rallied to raise the cash.
100) Slowly but surely, the project is taking on a life of its own .
101) Greater international stability can surely only be to the good.
102) I believed her-for surely she would not lie to me.
103) I surely got beaten when I bought rice from a monger.
104) Fifty police officers to arrest two unarmed men is surely a case of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
105) Surely she didn't have the nerve to say that to him?
106) He knew that if help did not arrive soon they would surely die.
107) Slowly but surely the great ship glided into the water.
108) Herbert would surely advise her how to approach the bank.
109) Surely the answer's obvious - or are you being deliberately obtuse?
110) Surely there is no earthly reason why you wouldn't want to come with us?
111) Surely you locked the door? I would be surprised if you hadn't.
112) You wouldn't leave an old friend in the lurch, surely?
113) Attitudes to women at work are changing slowly but surely.
114) The fact that the number of deaths from cancer in the area has doubled surely gives the lie to official assurances of the safety of nuclear power.
115) If we talk up the event, people will surely come.
116) UN troops are in a cleft stick: something has to be done for the civilian population, yet to retaliate would surely be the spark to ignite all-out war.
117) Surely there is some way of ordering our busy lives so that we can live in comfort and find spiritual harmony too.
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118) Surely the President needs Congress' permission to wage war on another country?
119) He knew that under the surgeon's knife he would surely die.
120) To act on this world-famous stage is surely the acme of any actor's career.