Surely
We use the adverb surely to express a degree of certainty. It does not express as much certainty as definitely or certainly. When we use surely, we are hoping that our listener will agree with us: …

surely | American Dictionary

surely
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˈʃʊər·li/
certainly; without any doubt:
She is slowly but surely getting her strength back.
Surely can be used to express surprise, doubt, or disagreement:
Surely you’re joking!
Surely they could have done better than that (= I believe they could have done better).

Examples of surely

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While it does not necessarily shatter all of our illusions, it surely remains an insurmountable obstacle for any project of self-created human happiness.
Characterizing the discourse functions of linguistic expressions is surely one of the most difficult tasks in linguistic analysis.
Surely what ultimately unites us here is an interest in past and present social processes, not abstracted entities.
It's also short (8 pages) but surely valuable for the intended audience.
This is surely the single greatest strength of a book that otherwise has few to recommend it.
A better position, surely, would be to consider the objective probabilities of the unrealized alternatives.
Surely, early generative phonology in the 1970s provided evidence for preferring deletion to insertion rules for the sake of generality.
Furthermore, there is no consideration of internet resources, which surely would be the first point of enquiry for a scientific definition by students today.
The key is surely to understand the different way in which these elements can enter into the devising of intelligent design solutions.
I think linguists with an interest in diachronic syntax will surely benefit from reading this book.
The criticism of the approach must surely lie in its static or conservative nature.
Surely this abbreviated family history neglects some lines of descent, given the eighteenth-century use of the term.
Now, our egalitarian does indeed believe that the distribution (6,6) is better than (10,2), all things considered; surely any egalitarian must believe this.
It is surely significant that these are the only two licensing domains which involve a relation between a nuclear and a non-nuclear position.
Institutions surely differ in their encouragement of independence and responsibility among students.
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