surely

surely
1. adverb
1) as sentence-modifier doch

surely we've met before? — wir kennen uns doch, oder?

surely you are not going out in this snowstorm? — du willst doch wohl in dem Schneesturm nicht rausgehen?

2) (steadily) sicher

slowly but surely — langsam, aber sicher

3) (certainly) sicherlich

the plan will surely fail — der Plan wird garantiert scheitern

2. interjection
(Amer.) natürlich; selbstverständlich
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adverb
1) (used in questions, exclamations etc to indicate what the speaker considers probable: Surely she's finished her work by now!; You don't believe what she said, surely?) sicherlich
2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) sicher
3) ((in answers) certainly; of course: `May I come with you?' `Surely!') sicher
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sure·ly
[ˈʃɔ:li, ˈʃʊə-, AM ˈʃʊr-]
adv
1. inv (certainly) sicher[lich], bestimmt
that \surely can't be a good idea das ist bestimmt keine gute Idee
you must agree, \surely? Sie stimmen doch wohl zu?
it must \surely be possible for you to get this finished today es ist doch bestimmt möglich, dass du das heute noch fertig bekommst
slowly but \surely langsam, aber sicher
2. inv (showing astonishment) doch
\surely you don't expect me to believe that du erwartest doch wohl nicht, dass ich dir das abnehme! fam
there must be some mistake, \surely da stimmt doch etwas nicht!
he's seventy-five next birthday — sixty-five \surely! er wird fünfundsiebzig — fünfundsechzig wolltest du sagen!
\surely not! das darf doch wohl nicht wahr sein!
3. (confidently) sicher
he seemed to speak very \surely er schien sich seiner Sache sehr sicher
4. inv esp AM (yes, certainly) [aber] natürlich [o sicher]
may I sit here? — yes, \surely darf ich mich hierhin setzen? — aber sicher doch!
5.
\surely to God [or goodness] (dated fam) na, hören Sie mal!
why, \surely to goodness, child, this is no way to carry on! also Kind, das ist doch kein Benehmen!
\surely to God you could have called to say you'd be late du hättest doch wenigstens anrufen können, dass du später kommst
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['ʃʊəlɪ]
adv
1) bestimmt, sicher

surely you don't mean it? — das meinen Sie doch bestimmt or sicher nicht (so)?

surely he's come(, hasn't he?) —

surely he hasn't come(, has he)? — er ist doch bestimmt or sicher nicht gekommen(, oder?)

surely not! — das kann doch nicht stimmen!

surely someone must know the answer — irgendjemand muss doch die Antwort wissen

there must surely be something we can do —

I can't – oh, surely you can — ich kann (es) nicht – aber sicher kannst du das!

but surely you can't expect us to believe that — Sie können doch wohl nicht erwarten, dass wir das glauben!

surely if a equals b, then c must ... — also, wenn a gleich b ist, dann muss c doch sicherlich ...

surely to God or goodness (inf) — sicherlich

2) (esp US: gladly) gern, mit Vergnügen
3) (= inevitably, with certainty) zweifellos
4)

(= undoubtedly) he is an artist, just as surely as Rembrandt was — er ist ein Künstler, genauso wie Rembrandt einer war

5) (= confidently) mit sicherer Hand

slowly but surely — langsam aber sicher

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surely [ˈʃʊə(r)lı; Br auch ˈʃɔːlı] adv
1. sicher(lich), gewiss, bestimmt, zweifellos
2. a) (ganz) bestimmt oder gewiss:
it surely cannot have been him
b) doch (wohl):
it surely can’t be true
3. sicher: academic.ru/68103/slow">slow A 1
4. (in Antworten) (aber) klar oder sicher!
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1. adverb
1) as sentence-modifier doch

surely we've met before? — wir kennen uns doch, oder?

surely you are not going out in this snowstorm? — du willst doch wohl in dem Schneesturm nicht rausgehen?

2) (steadily) sicher

slowly but surely — langsam, aber sicher

3) (certainly) sicherlich

the plan will surely fail — der Plan wird garantiert scheitern

2. interjection
(Amer.) natürlich; selbstverständlich
* * *
adv.
bestimmt adv.
sicher adv.
sicherlich adv.

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