Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SURE-LY
SURE-LY, adv.
- Certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly. In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. – Gen. ii. He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small. – South.
- Firmly; without danger of falling. He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely. – Prov. x.
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