what an incredible sight that surely is!
A definitive word or phrase is words that make you sound like an important person. For example of a definitive word or phrase would be surely, without a doubt, clearly, definitely, positively.
Because she didn't want to embarrass him for telling a lie in public, Martha asked him, "Surely you jest."
It's from Edgar Allen Poe's The Cask of AmontilladoNope. The word "jest" is used in the story, but not the phrase, "Surely you jest."If you prod them enough, Americans of a certain age will remember the character of Chatsworth Osbourne, Jr. (played by Steve Franken) on the early '60s sitcom, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, using this phrase, in his haughty accent, regularly.
In the most common sense of the phrase it means that after several similar events happen, a different event is expected to happen sooner or later. In other words, it means that a given situation cannot remain the same forever and will surely change.
America has surely reached a pinnacle of laziness, with fast food at every corner and a majority of it's population overweight.
Surely you weren't going to do that, were you?
The phrase is spelled "of course" (certainly, surely).
You couldn't tell he was nervous, he stepped onto the stage as surely as a professional.
Surely, you can be anyone you want just don't becomea villin.
Yes, the word surely is an adverb.An example sentence is: "surely he will follow the rules now?"
Is this for your homework? :) Good sentence: I have surely done this homework without any help.
Example sentence - She was adept at avoiding the rebuke that would surely come.
Unless something changes, disaster will surely ensue .
It was unreal watching it as surely what he was seeing was impossible.
A definitive word or phrase is words that make you sound like an important person. For example of a definitive word or phrase would be surely, without a doubt, clearly, definitely, positively.
The adjective sure has the adverb form surely. It can mean certainly, inevitably, or without fail.
Surely. When Mikey bought an ersatz diamond ring, his wife threw him out.