Surely
Yes
Yes adverb - Used to express agreement.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Palin: Ah, Ring Kichard, yes... but surely that's not an anagram, that's a Spoonerism.
Source: Verbal Ticked -
Interviewer: ""Ring Kichard", yes - but surely that's not an anagram, that's a spoonerism." Man who etc: "If you're gonna split hairs I'm gonna piss off." (exit)
Source: Spoonerism -
Niles: [shocked] Well, surely that was just his undergraduate schooling.Frasier: Oh yes, of course, his graduate work was done in... Aruba!
Source: Series / Frasier
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