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Discover LudwigThe phrase "surely wanting" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is an adverbial phrase that conveys a sense of certainty or emphasis on the desire or lack thereof for something. Example: "The team's performance was surely wanting in the second half of the game, leading to their defeat."
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Surely wanting a central attribute of your child to disappear amounted to rejection?
All, surely, wanting to be at the top of their game in a final that has come to mean as much, perhaps more, than the World Cup.
Surely wanting to be remembered is a big ego thing.
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Also, be sure to clean any mirrors as your guests will surely want to see if they look as good as your room makes them feel!
He surely wants to.
We surely want him to be here.
He surely wanted no end to it.
He is, and surely wants me to know, extravagantly talented.
It will surely want to see unemployment falling before it puts its foot on the brake.
The peoples of Chile, Cambodia, Argentina, Bangladesh, and East Timor surely want to know more.
Roosevelt would surely want us to remember him as the architect of the Progressive Era.
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