• (British) IPA: /ˈʃʊəli/, /ˈʃɔːli/
• (America) IPA: /ˈʃʊɹli/, /ˈʃɔɹli/, /ˈʃɝli/

surely (comparative surelier, superlative sureliest)

1. Without fail.

   slowly but surely

2. Certainly, undoubtedly.

   Surely, you must be joking.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:

     But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […].

3. With confidence.

   His feet were planted surely on the ground.

• certainly, wis (obsolete)

• French: sûrement
• Russian: обяза́тельно

• French: sûrement, assurément
• German: sicherlich
• Italian: sicuramente
• Portuguese: certamente, seguramente
• Russian: наверняка́
• Spanish: seguramente

• French: sûrement, assurément
• Russian: уве́ренно