Correctly
Surely
Surely adverb - Without any question.
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Synonyms for Surely
Correctly and surely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correctly" instead an adverb "Surely".
Nearby Word: sure
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- right and correctly
- right and surely
- precisely and correctly
- precisely and surely
- actually and correctly
- actually and surely
- truly and correctly
- truly and surely
- absolutely and correctly
- absolutely and surely
- definitely and correctly
- definitely and surely
- completely and correctly
- completely and surely
Both words in one sentence
- She has correctly predicted that he would conclude that, had it really been her trying to fool him, she surely would have changed her appearance in some way; in other words, she looks too much like herself to be her.
Source: Refuge In Audacity / Film -
Vizzini quickly deduces that he cannot choose either cup with any degree of certainty, but also assumes that the man in black will surely not drink the wine that he knows is poisoned even if Vizzini chooses correctly.
Source: Kansas City Shuffle - Dumbledore guesses (correctly) that Voldemort cannot tell when a Horcrux is destroyed, although Voldemort tries to assure himself (after starting to catch on to the heroes' efforts) that surely he would magically sense if they succeeded in destroying any of his Soul Jars.
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