SURELY in a Sentence
Learn SURELY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for SURELY, such as:
1. I'm not absolutely sure.
2. That however is surely impossible.
3. The goat leaped surely from rock to rock.
4. That incident will surely bring on a crisis.
5. I'm fairly sure that this is the right address.
2. That however is surely impossible.
3. The goat leaped surely from rock to rock.
4. That incident will surely bring on a crisis.
5. I'm fairly sure that this is the right address.
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Meanings and Examples of SURELY
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surely
ad. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 That however is surely impossible.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 But somewhere, this cloud, this crust, this doubt, this dust--She waited for a rhyme, it failed her; but somewhere surely one sun would shine and all, without a doubt, would be clear.
3 "But surely," said Mrs. Parker, and told Giles how creepy the idiot--"We have one in our village"--had made her feel.
4 "And surely none stranger than itself," echoed the lawyer in the same tones.
5 I am a Saxon," answered Cedric, "but unworthy, surely, of the name of priest.
6 Our friends," said Wilfred, "will surely not abandon an enterprise so gloriously begun and so happily attained.
7 She felt she would surely die if it lasted much longer.
8 That thrust of the buttocks, surely it was a little ridiculous.
9 If you were a woman, and a part in all the business, surely that thrusting of the man's buttocks was supremely ridiculous.
10 The worm does not work more surely on the dead body, than does this slow creeping fire upon the living frame.
11 Listen to me, who with six words, can strangle Sikes as surely as if I had his bull's throat between my fingers now.
12 But I have stolen away from those who would surely murder me, if they knew I had been here, to tell you what I have overheard.
13 In all probability he was already the richer of the two, and the Kellynch estate would as surely be his hereafter as the title.
14 But surely you may put off this old lady till to-morrow: she is not so near her end, I presume, but that she may hope to see another day.
15 If he find it out he must surely kill me, for nothing else will be in proportion to his feelings now.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 It should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement.
2 He is an artist, just as surely as Rembrandt or any other first-rate portrait painter is one.
3 The company's donation was surely motivated by self-interest, as it attracted a lot of media attention.
4 That incident will surely bring on a crisis.
5 Cobham might adorn a diplomatic mission but would surely mismanage a key political post such as that of Canterbury's archbishopric.
6 Man who has a settled purpose will surely succeed.
7 You're an intelligent woman, surely you realize by now that I'm helping you.
8 The goat leaped surely from rock to rock.
9 The female nude is surely the ultimate test of artistic skill.
10 If she is in any degree amiable, I shall surely be able to get on with her.
11 Rochester followed me, and when we reached the wicket, he said-- "Turn back: on so lovely a night it is a shame to sit in the house; and surely no one can wish to go to bed while sunset is thus at meeting with moonrise.
12 It could herald a much bigger change: the precedent set would surely entice others to follow, why should a restaurant settle for paying an extra twice as much to accept credit-card fees?
13 There's absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don't include poisonous substances.
14 I'm not absolutely sure.
15 I'm fairly sure that this is the right address.