Rather and Surely

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Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

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Surely and rather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surely" instead an adverb "Rather".

Surely adverb - Without any question.

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Rather and surely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Surely".

Nearby Word: sure

For most of the film the actors speak in English rather than the Spanish that the real Mexican mine workers surely would have used.

Source: Film / Salt of the Earth
This may sound like a rather odd example, given his role and the system, but Psaro of Dragon Quest IV surely qualifies, right?

Source: Break The Cutie / Video Games
Eventually the kid manages to free himself, and, in what must surely be the Understatement of the year, his reunion with his family is described as "rather awkward".

Source: Left for Dead

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