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Surely Happen Adverb Emphasize True Surprised Intelligent Woman

word surely
definition
adverb
You use surely to emphasize that you think something should be true, and you would be surprised if it was not true.
You're an intelligent woman, surely you realize by now that I'm helping you.
You surely haven't forgotten Dr Walters?
If I can accept this situation, surely you can.
If something will surely happen or is surely the case, it will definitely happen or is definitely the case.
He knew that under the surgeon's knife he would surely die.
He is an artist, just as surely as Rembrandt or any other first-rate portrait painter is one.
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