surely
Example Sentences
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The vandal surely didn’t mean to, but Wallace contends that he wound up uniting the neighborhood as never before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"But she is surely still too young," she added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
If City's financial power had been slashed by the extra £830m the commission says they falsely added to their books, their transfer spend would surely have been massively reduced.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Some of this was surely deliberate, to protect himself against perjury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Besides Sally Gooden, there was one other thing we had around our farm that I thought we could surely do without—that was setting hens.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
