Surely

//ˈʃɔːli//

Synonyms for "surely" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Adverb(1 words)
certainly
Adverb(1 words)
certainly

Strong matches (35)

Adverb(2 words)
for certainfor sure

Related words (58)

Adverb(1 words)
wis

Related word relations

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Translations

77 translations across 33 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • δήπου adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Arabic

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  • بِالتَّأْكِيد adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անկասկած adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • несъмнено adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • сигурно adv (without fail)
  • уверено adv (with confidence)

Catalan

2 entries
  • segurament adv (without fail)
  • segurament adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 一定 adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Dutch

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  • vast adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • zeker adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • zeker weten adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Esperanto

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  • certe adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Estonian

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  • kindlalt adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • kindlasti adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Finnish

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  • lujasti adv (with confidence)
  • tukevasti adv (with confidence)
  • vakavasti adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • varmasti adv (without fail)

French

4 entries
  • assurément adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • assurément adv (with confidence)
  • sûrement adv (without fail)
  • sûrement adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

German

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  • bestimmt adv (without fail)
  • sicherlich adv (without fail)
  • sicherlich adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Greek

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  • σίγουρα adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Icelandic

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  • vissulega adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Italian

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  • sicuramente adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Japanese

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  • きっと adv (without fail)
  • てっきり adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • 必ず adv (without fail)
  • 確かに adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Khmer

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  • ប្រាកដជា adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Korean

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  • 반드시 adv (without fail)

Latin

2 entries
  • certē adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • quippe adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Latvian

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  • droši adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Livonian

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  • julgstiz adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • сигурно adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Norwegian

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  • sikkert adv (without fail)
  • sikkert adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • sikkert adv (with confidence)
  • trygt adv (with confidence)

Polish

4 entries
  • na pewno adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • niewątpliwie adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • pewnie adv (without fail)
  • pewnie adv (with confidence)

Portuguese

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  • certamente adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • seguramente adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Russian

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  • коне́чно adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • наверняка́ adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • несомне́нно adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • обяза́тельно adv (without fail)

Slovak

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  • určite adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Spanish

4 entries
  • de seguro adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • deber de adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • fijo que adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • haber de adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Swedish

4 entries
  • minsann adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • minsann adv (with confidence)
  • säkerligen adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • säkert adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • piho adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • sigurado adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • tiyak adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తప్పక adv (without fail)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • nemcek adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • безсумні́вно adv (certainly, undoubtedly)
  • зві́сно adv (certainly, undoubtedly)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him.

Source: tatoeba (1950)

The day will surely come when your dream will come true.

Source: tatoeba (16897)

If we were to rest a little, we would feel surely feel much more refreshed.

Source: tatoeba (19765)

Surely the most curious of sources consulted is Mankind Quarterly.

Source: tatoeba (21714)

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