how to pronounce surely

/ˈʃʊɹliː/

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the above transcription of surely is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

surely is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of surely in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… before the u.s. that surely we could …”

meanings of surely

adverb:

With confidence.
Certainly, undoubtedly.
Without fail.

surely frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word surely occurs in english on average 50.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics surely can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that surely can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;