"surely" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈʃʊəli/ [UK], /ˈʃɔːli/ [UK], /ˈʃʊɹli/ [US], /ˈʃɔɹli/ [US], /ˈʃɝli/ [US] Audio: en-us-surely.ogg [US] Forms: surelier [comparative], more surely [comparative], sureliest [superlative], most surely [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)li, -ɔː(ɹ)li Etymology: From Middle English surely; equivalent to sure + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|surely}} Middle English surely, {{suffix|en|sure|ly}} sure + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} surely (comparative surelier or more surely, superlative sureliest or most surely)
  1. Without fail. Translations (without fail): сигурно (sigurno) (Bulgarian), segurament (Catalan), varmasti (Finnish), sûrement (French), bestimmt (German), sicherlich (German), 必ず (kanarazu) (alt: かならず) (Japanese), きっと (kitto) (Japanese), 반드시 (bandeusi) (Korean), sikkert (Norwegian), pewnie (Polish), обяза́тельно (objazátelʹno) (Russian), తప్పక (tappaka) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-surely-en-adv-mRWzocDM Categories (other): English hedges Disambiguation of English hedges: 69 17 14 Disambiguation of 'without fail': 98 2 0
  2. Certainly, undoubtedly. Translations (certainly, undoubtedly): δήπου (dḗpou) (Ancient Greek), بِالتَّأْكِيد (bi-t-taʔkīd) (Arabic), անկասկած (ankaskac) (Armenian), несъмнено (nesǎmneno) (Bulgarian), segurament (Catalan), 一定 (yídìng) (Chinese Mandarin), zeker (Dutch), vast (Dutch), zeker weten (Dutch), kindlalt (Estonian), kindlasti (Estonian), varmasti (Finnish), vakavasti (Finnish), sûrement (French), assurément (French), sicherlich (German), σίγουρα (sígoura) (Greek), vissulega (Icelandic), sicuramente (Italian), 確かに (tashika ni) (alt: たしかに) (Japanese), てっきり (tekkiri) (Japanese), ប្រាកដជា (praakɑat cie) (Khmer), certē (Latin), quippe (Latin), droši (Latvian), julgstiz (Livonian), сигурно (sigurno) (Macedonian), sikkert (Norwegian), z pewnością (Polish), na pewno (Polish), niewątpliwie (Polish), certamente (Portuguese), seguramente (Portuguese), наверняка́ (navernjaká) (Russian), коне́чно (konéčno) (Russian), несомне́нно (nesomnénno) (Russian), určite (Slovak), seguramente (Spanish), säkerligen (Swedish), säkert (Swedish), minsann (Swedish), tiyak (Tagalog), sigurado (Tagalog), piho (Tagalog), nemcek (Tocharian B), зві́сно (zvísno) (Ukrainian), безсумні́вно (bezsumnívno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-surely-en-adv-iVhm5hlK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 85 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 89 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 17 80 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 34 0 0 38 25 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 2 35 1 0 39 21 2 0 0 Disambiguation of 'certainly, undoubtedly': 1 99 0
  3. With confidence. Translations (with confidence): уверено (uvereno) (Bulgarian), tukevasti (Finnish), lujasti (Finnish), sûrement (French), assurément (French), trygt (Norwegian), sikkert (Norwegian), pewnie (Polish), уве́ренно (uvérenno) (Russian), minsann (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-surely-en-adv-J21bWwTT Disambiguation of 'with confidence': 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: certainly, wis [obsolete] Derived forms: almost surely

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈsɛu̯rliː/, /ˈsiu̯rliː/, /ˈsuːrliː/ Forms: surelier [comparative]
Etymology: From sure + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|sure|-ly|id2=adverbial}} sure + -ly Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb|comparative|surelier||{{{2}}}|head=}} surely (comparative surelier), {{enm-adv|surelier}} surely (comparative surelier)
  1. safely (with safety and security)
    Sense id: en-surely-enm-adv-I3kva~lD
  2. totally, bindingly, without doubt
    Sense id: en-surely-enm-adv-2EpfzY7K Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 34 0 0 38 25 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 2 35 1 0 39 21 2 0 0
  3. For sure, with certainty.
    Sense id: en-surely-enm-adv-u37x2yPD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 34 0 0 38 25 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 2 35 1 0 39 21 2 0 0
  4. truly, actually, really
    Sense id: en-surely-enm-adv-jhpyHRQq
  5. totally, entirely, wholly
    Sense id: en-surely-enm-adv-F6Y~2a7J
  6. With conviction and belief; assuredly
    Sense id: en-surely-enm-adv-KyRXqdL5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

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          "word": "обяза́тельно"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "vast"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
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          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
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          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "sûrement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "assurément"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "sicherlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sígoura",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "σίγουρα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "dḗpou",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "δήπου"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "vissulega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "sicuramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "alt": "たしかに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "確かに"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tekkiri",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "てっきり"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "praakɑat cie",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "ប្រាកដជា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "certē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "quippe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "droši"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "liv",
          "lang": "Livonian",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "julgstiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sigurno",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "сигурно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "sikkert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "z pewnością"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "na pewno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "niewątpliwie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "certamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "seguramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "navernjaká",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "наверняка́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "konéčno",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "коне́чно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nesomnénno",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "несомне́нно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "určite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "seguramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "säkerligen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "säkert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "minsann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "tiyak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "sigurado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "piho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "nemcek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvísno",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "зві́сно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bezsumnívno",
          "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
          "word": "безсумні́вно"
        }
      ]
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          "text": "His feet were planted surely on the ground.",
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        "With confidence."
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uvereno",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "уверено"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "tukevasti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "lujasti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "sûrement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "assurément"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "trygt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "sikkert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "pewnie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvérenno",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "уве́ренно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "with confidence",
          "word": "minsann"
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃʊəli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɔːli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃʊɹli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sigurno",
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      "word": "сигурно"
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      "word": "segurament"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "without fail",
      "word": "varmasti"
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      "sense": "without fail",
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      "word": "bestimmt"
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      "sense": "without fail",
      "word": "必ず"
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      "word": "きっと"
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      "sense": "without fail",
      "word": "반드시"
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      "word": "sikkert"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "without fail",
      "word": "pewnie"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "without fail",
      "word": "обяза́тельно"
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "tappaka",
      "sense": "without fail",
      "word": "తప్పక"
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      "word": "անկասկած"
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      "word": "несъмнено"
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      "word": "segurament"
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      "word": "一定"
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      "word": "kindlalt"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
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      "word": "varmasti"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
      "word": "vakavasti"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
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      "word": "vissulega"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "ប្រាកដជា"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "niewątpliwie"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "certamente"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
      "word": "tiyak"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "certainly, undoubtedly",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "zvísno",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "fi",
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "with confidence",
      "word": "trygt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "with confidence",
      "word": "sikkert"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "with confidence",
      "word": "pewnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvérenno",
      "sense": "with confidence",
      "word": "уве́ренно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "with confidence",
      "word": "minsann"
    }
  ],
  "word": "surely"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "surely"
          },
          "expansion": "English: surely",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: surely"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "shuirly"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: shuirly",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: shuirly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sure",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id2": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "sure + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sure + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "surelier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "surelier",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "surely (comparative surelier)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surelier"
      },
      "expansion": "surely (comparative surelier)",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "safely (with safety and security)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "safely",
          "safely"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "totally, bindingly, without doubt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "totally",
          "totally"
        ],
        [
          "bindingly",
          "bindingly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "For sure, with certainty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sure",
          "sure"
        ],
        [
          "certainty",
          "certainty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "truly, actually, really"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ],
        [
          "actually",
          "actually"
        ],
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "totally, entirely, wholly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "totally",
          "totally"
        ],
        [
          "entirely",
          "entirely"
        ],
        [
          "wholly",
          "wholly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "With conviction and belief; assuredly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conviction",
          "conviction"
        ],
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
        ],
        [
          "assuredly",
          "assuredly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛu̯rliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiu̯rliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsuːrliː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "surly"
    },
    {
      "word": "suerly"
    },
    {
      "word": "surliche"
    },
    {
      "word": "surelich"
    },
    {
      "word": "seurly"
    },
    {
      "word": "suyrly"
    },
    {
      "word": "swrly"
    },
    {
      "word": "seurerly"
    },
    {
      "word": "seuirly"
    },
    {
      "word": "sureli"
    },
    {
      "word": "sewrly"
    },
    {
      "word": "sourely"
    },
    {
      "word": "sewerly"
    },
    {
      "word": "swerly"
    },
    {
      "word": "sewrlye"
    },
    {
      "word": "surelye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "surely"
}

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