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1 surely
1. adverb1) as sentence-modifier dochsurely you are not going out in this snowstorm? — du willst doch wohl in dem Schneesturm nicht rausgehen?
2) (steadily) sicherslowly but surely — langsam, aber sicher
3) (certainly) sicherlich2. interjection(Amer.) natürlich; selbstverständlich* * *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?) sicherlich2) (without doubt, hesitation, mistake or failure: Slowly but surely we're achieving our aim.) sicher* * *sure·ly[ˈʃɔ:li, ˈʃʊə-, AM ˈʃʊr-]that \surely can't be a good idea das ist bestimmt keine gute Ideeyou 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 bekommstslowly but \surely langsam, aber sicher\surely you don't expect me to believe that du erwartest doch wohl nicht, dass ich dir das abnehme! famthere 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) sicherhe seemed to speak very \surely er schien sich seiner Sache sehr sichermay I sit here? — yes, \surely darf ich mich hierhin setzen? — aber sicher doch!5.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* * *['ʃʊəlɪ]adv1) bestimmt, sichersurely you don't mean it? — das meinen Sie doch bestimmt or sicher nicht (so)?
surely he's come(, hasn't he?) —
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...
3) (= inevitably, with certainty) zweifellos4)(= undoubtedly)
he is an artist, just as surely as Rembrandt was — er ist ein Künstler, genauso wie Rembrandt einer war5) (= confidently) mit sicherer Hand* * *1. sicher(lich), gewiss, bestimmt, zweifellos2. a) (ganz) bestimmt oder gewiss:b) doch (wohl):it surely can’t be true* * *1. adverb1) as sentence-modifier dochsurely 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) sicherslowly but surely — langsam, aber sicher
3) (certainly) sicherlich2. interjection(Amer.) natürlich; selbstverständlich* * *adv.bestimmt adv.sicher adv.sicherlich adv. -
2 surely
['ʃʊəlɪ]advнаверно, навернякаSurely, I've met you before. — Мы наверняка когда-то встречались с вами.
The plan will surely fail. — План наверняка провалится.
He will surely win. — Он наверняка одержит победу.
CHOICE OF WORDS:(1.) Наречие surely употребляется для усиления выражения несогласия с ранее высказанным утверждением: He is over 70. - Surely not. Ему за семьдесят. - Нет, не может быть! Surely he didn't say such a thing. Не мог он такое сказать;. We've surely met before. Но я уверен, что мы где-то с вами раньше встречались. Когда такое возражение не имеется в виду, то усилительное значение передается словом definitely: The paintings were definitely not for sale. Эти картины, безусловно, были не для продажи. The call definitely came from your phone. Звонили, безусловно, с вашего телефона. Для выражения простого согласия используется наречие certainly. Для эмфатического выражения естественности каких-либо событий при данных обстоятельствах употребляется naturally, а не surely или certainly: He refused the invitation and naturally they were upset. Он отказался от приглашения, и они, естественно, были огорчены. (2.) See certainly, adv; USAGE (1.), (2.). (3.) See definitely, adv
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