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The word "surely" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to emphasize the truth or certainty of something you are saying. For example: "Surely, the sun will rise tomorrow morning."
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Surely
adverb
Without fail.
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Surely not!
Whatever our politics there can never be justification, surely only regret".
Japan's claim to commercial whaling as a cultural expression is surely a shaky one, since it only began large-scale whaling in the 20th century – but it was taught to them by European whalers.
Surely we can do better than this.
"What's good enough for Scotland is surely good enough for London," he said.
Whatever the outcome, the battle will surely be very divisive in the country and may well propel Scotland out of the UK.
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Málaga versus Getafe was the game of the weekend and Sergi Darder's belter was surely the goal of the weekend.
"Though Pope Francis's heart is surely in the right place, he would do his flock and the world a disservice by putting his moral authority behind the United Nations' unscientific agenda on the climate," Joseph Bast, Heartland's president, said in a statement.
You'd have surely got long odds on that Peter Gabriel tune being his last - okay then, second last - song, but it was really rather moving.
It is surely within PEN's remit to decide if Charlie Hebdo's commitment to the images (racist or not) constitutes courage.
On growth, there was thin gruel indeed – the headline proposals on "credit easing" will require lots more explaining – and by announcing that Britain will cut carbon emissions "no faster" than any other European country, he has shredded the original Cameron slogan of "Vote Blue, Go Green" and surely picked a fight with the Tories' Lib Dem partners.
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