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surelyadv.int. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sure adj., -ly suffix2. Etymology: < sure adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare sure adv.The β. forms reflect colloquial emphatic uses with stress on the final syllable (compare e.g. quots. 1763, 1859 at sense A. 6). In sense A. 5 apparently associated with sorely adv. A. adv. I. Qualifying a verb or adjective. 1. the world > action or operation > safety > [adverb] > safely or securely c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 2559 Hii þouȝten..He wolde hem surliche hem lede. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 34 He myght seurly dwell in þat citee withouten..any harme takyng. 1464 W. Blount in (2004) II. 545 I charge you..ye suffre noon of thayme to passe oute of youre garde, but suerle to kepe thayme. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) cxxiv. 449 Grauell to balayse his shyp withal that it myght sayle the more suerlyer. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 21v The souerayn hym seluon was surly enarmyt. 1616 T. Adams iii. 78 There hee hoords vp; knowing it shall be surely kept, and safely returned him. 1759 H. Brooke 6 Such extraordinary Advantages..cannot be too much valued, too nearly watched, or too surely guarded. 1834 H. F. Lyte 93 How blest thy saints! how safely led! How surely kept. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 1107 (MED) I forȝete it nouȝt, But enprente it surly in my mynde. ?1530 J. Fitzherbert (rev. ed.) f. xviiv The husband may set shepe or catell vnder the same scaffold..yf it be well & surely made. 1626 W. Lawson (rev. ed.) vii. 22 Your stakes..would be so surely put, or driven into the earth, that they breake not, if any thing happen to leane vpon them. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 140 Thus surely bound, yet..The slipp'ry God will try to loose his hold. View more context for this quotation 1721 (Heb. vii. 21) 563/1 Christ..has as surely tied God and Man together in the Bond of the everlasting Covenant. 1764 J. Randall x. 232 As Mr. Tull has had so principal a hand in the foundation, there needs only to build surely upon his principles. 1841 R. C. Trench Let. 2 Feb. in (1888) I. 258 I tremble for those I love,..however surely built the fabric of their happiness may seem. 1915 A. A. Berle ii. 63 It is then seen in actual use, and probably more surely fixed in the memory for that reason. 2011 M. A. Duncan xix. 205 The long metal boom..is anchored surely at the front of the rig. the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb] c1380 (1879) l. 1281 Ac arst þow schalt sykery me & þy treuþe surly plyȝte, þat þou for me schalt don a þyng þat y schal the saye. 1465 J. Paston in (2004) I. 134 I shall have þe maner sewrlyer to me..þan þe Dewk shall haue Cossey. a1475 in A. Clark (1906) ii. 660 Wherfor he willed and comaunded surely that the forsaid mynchons shold haue and holde all ther almesse and possessions. 1563 N. Winȝet (1888) I. 78 Keipand suirlie the articulis of our beleif. 1596 E. Spenser v. xii. sig. Y3 Whom all the bands, Which may a Knight assure, had surely bound. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Taylor (ii. 14) 513 Whose bonds are..binding them euerie day surelier then other ouer to destruction. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. ii. 36 That I may surely keepe mine oath. View more context for this quotation 1734 G. Sale tr. v. 90 Are these the men who have sworn by God, with a most firm oath, that they surely held with you? the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adverb] the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [adverb] the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [adverb] c1380 (1879) Orig. draft l. 520 Wanne þy hert ys hol & fer þe surlokere þou miȝt fiȝte. c1400 (?c1380) l. 315 Ȝet surely I hope Efte to trede on þy temple. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. cclv/2 The bisshop..wente oute ageynst the enemyes surely, and the peple folowed hym. 1529 T. More iii. f. lxxvi/2 And than yt case onys graunted, ye deduce your conclusyon very surely. 1548 f. ccxxxiiv Spekyng these wordes (thinking surely much to please the kyng). a1600 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 115 He beleivit suirelie that the king had beine thair himsellff. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn iv, in 4 As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by. 1682 Elegy Thinn in J. W. Draper (1928) 151 Then worthy thyn we shall more surely know, who was thy barbarous bloody secret foe. 1761 50 What I fear now is a State-Quake; ay—and a Church-Quake too; both which all the uncommon Movements from the North but too surely portend. 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in 33 Knowing surely she could never win His foolish heart from its mad pompousness. 1856 E. A. Dupuy xv. 228 Thus believing herself encircled by a halo of divine light, she walked surely forward into the power of darkness. 1926 N. H. Matson xii. 82 The people of the old world had so little they knew surely what they wanted. 1999 19 July e7/1 On the moral plain ‘The Plot to Get Bill Gates’ is a complex tale, although it is handled surely by Mr. Rivlin. a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 113 The prince..mey therby þe more surely do justice than bi is owne arbitrment. 1495 (de Worde) v. xxviii. sig. i.ii/2 Noo party of the body towchyth and gropyth so surely as the honde. c1528 (1961) 147 Yf I sholde this pylgrymage take, And my rekenynge suerly make,..Sholde I not come agayne shortly? c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 39v Serche it full suerly and se to þe ende. 1612 J. Brinsley xiii. 181 The most excellent patterns..doe most auaile, to teach the soonest and sureliest. 1653 R. Baxter 13 So their duties..may be the surelier performed. 1754 T. Sherlock I. i. 3 The best Religion is that which will most surely direct us to eternal Life. 1870 10 Feb. The Infalliblists are said to be now moving swiftly and surely towards their goal. 1897 Dec. 633/2 With tremendous strides an association of men of the South has moved surely and not slowly to the front. 1909 16 Dec. 1293 (advt.) There are many habits that make an otherwise valuable horse a nuisance. There's a way to surely break them. 1917 Oct. 45 Dealings of king with king and state with state have risen slowly and none too surely above the standards of the hardened criminals within their borders. 1991 Nov. 45/1 The country is going slowly and surely down the tubes. the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > completely or thoroughly ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 479 The Lollardes bytoke that Frere and trode hym under theire feete and bete hym surely. 1513 (1911) 17 At such enterprises both he and his Companie weare surelie beaten. 1584 T. Bedingfield tr. C. Corte xxix. 98 If the fault be in the horsse, then beat him surelie ouerthwart his shoulders. 1688 J. S. 156 Couzen, says he, I am surely wounded, help me to make my retreat. II. Emphasizing the truth or likely truth of a statement, usually as a sentence adverb. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 463 (MED) Min eiȝen sorly aren sogettes to serue min hert. a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) l. 23031 Þaire penaunce sal be seurely to loke on þa deuels witerli. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich lv. 116 ‘How May I this beleve?’ quod Aleyn. ‘ȝis sewrly, quod the kyng, In Certeyn’. 1530 J. Palsgrave 866/2 Ye suerly, voyre certes. 1592 iv. iv. 26 As surely as I liue, Ile banish pittie if thou vse me thus. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iii. 61 Ile pay't as valorously as I may, that sal I suerly do. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson iii. 171 Abimelech..seeing Isaac sporting with Rebecca, concluded thereupon that she was surely his Wife. a1733 D. Wilcox (1744) II. ii. 22 As surely as we had an entrance into the world, or are now in it, we are moving off again, and must e're long leave it for ever. 1763 F. Sheridan ii. i. 34 Bless me! Well, I am sure-ly the most thoughtless fellow breathing. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert ix, in 4th Ser. II. 235 Alas! they seem but too surely to be here. 1859 J. Lang 253 He did love her, surely, sir. 1920 H. R. Haggard xiii. 221 The thing filled me with fear... Not of death, surely, for that I had faced a score of times. 2000 J. Goodwin vi. 132 You must, of course, have seen this coming. As surely as night follows day. the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [adverb] the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] > expressing strong belief 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. f. clxiiii/1 Sir I can nat tell you the certentie: but surely they toke the high way to Poiters. 1529 T. More i. f. viv For surely yt myght be that he was not ware of the new valuacyon: for he ranne awaye before the valuacyon chaunged? 1598 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 85 He surely affected her for her wit. View more context for this quotation 1640 H. Glapthorne ii. sig. Civv Surely the Minikin is enamoured on me. 1667 J. Milton iv. 923 Had'st thou alleg'd To thy deserted host this cause of flight, Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive. View more context for this quotation 1732 G. Berkeley I. i. xvi. 60 You will not surely deny the Conclusion, when you admit the Premises. 1794 A. Radcliffe III. viii. 254 ‘Surely, Annette,’ said Emily, starting, ‘I heard a noise: listen.’ 1832 H. Martineau ii. 21 Twelve! it cannot be so much surely. 1870 E. A. Freeman (ed. 2) I. App. 679 This incident is surely an essential part of the story. 1908 R. Bagot xxviii. 373 If Anthony will forgive me, surely God will! 1977 Nov. 5/3 No sane rodder would risk hundreds of pounds worth of paint and effort by driving when he was smashed, surely? 2012 K. Cole ii. 21 Surely she's going to get sent home with a skirt that short. B. int.the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > [adverb] > as an affirmative answer the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > [interjection] > affirmative reply 1798 S. Rowson xv. 131 ‘Is it not natural for brothers to be partial to their sisters?’ ‘Surely,’ replied Fitz Howard. 1821 W. Scott I. xii. 304 ‘Know you Cumnor-Place, near Oxford?’ ‘Surely,’ said the clergyman. 1876 C. M. Yonge II. viii. 152 ‘I must go. Can I?’ ‘Surely, as soon as there is a train.’ 1922 E. Raymond ii. i. 166 ‘Surely,’ answered my companion, which was a new way he had acquired of saying ‘yes’. 1975 M. Russell iii. 19 ‘Like to follow me along?’ ‘Surely.’ Phrases1615 N. Breton 15 Hir foot goeth slowly, but surely. 1794 A. Young (ed. 3) 21 Governments..hobble slowly, but surely, towards the great land-marks of individual happiness and national prosperity. 1870 G. T. Curtis II. xxxiv. 326 The disease..went on slowly but surely to its fatal consummation. 1912 W. B. Selbie xii. 228 These things are slowly but surely coming about. 2013 (Nexis) 2 June 8 My dream is slowly but surely becoming a reality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adv.int.c1330 |
