surely adv : definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]

English

Pronunciation

Adverb

1. without fail.

   slowly but surely

2. certainly, undoubtedly.

   surely you must be joking

3. with confidence.

   his feet were planted surely on the ground

Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Translations

• Arabic:
• Chinese: 一定 (yídìng)
• Dutch: zeker
• Finnish: varmasti, totta kai
• French: sûrement
• German: sicherlich
• Hungarian: biztosan, hogyne
• Italian: sicuramente
• Japanese: 確かに (たしかに, tashika ni)
• Korean: 확실히 (hwaksilhi)
• Portuguese: certamente
• Russian: конечно (konéčno)
• Spanish: seguramente
• Swedish: säkerligen

"Surely" is the name of a 1995 single by British pop group Five Star, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. in October of that year (see 1995 in music). The single was a U.S. only release, available in the UK as an import.

The song includes a rap by Junior P, one of America's top rap stars. This was the first time Five Star had used a rapper on one of their songs.

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