Dictionary entry
Surely
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊəli/
Pronunciation
/ˈʃʊəli/
Myanmar Meaning
(adv) ဧကန်မုချ
Definition
surely /'ʃƱǝli; Brit also 'ʃↄ:li/ adv ၁။ ဧကန္မုခ်။ တကယ့္ကို။ This is surely her best play. ❍ He must surely have known you were unhappy. ❍ Surely you're not going to eat that! ❍ But they won't refuse, surely? ❍ She has refused to help? Surely not! ❍ ‘That's his wife. ’ ‘His sister, surely?’ ၂။ ( esp fml ) ဧကန္။ မုခ်။ This will surely cause problems. ❍ If they don't receive food soon, they will surely die. ၃။ ( infml esp US ) ရတာေပါ့။ ရပါတယ္။ ‘Can I borrow your car?’ ‘Surely. ’
Examples
- Surely you realized we were in when you saw the lights on?
- Surely she didn’t mean it – it was just a thoughtless remark.
- That is surely the stupidest thing I have ever done.
- He’s getting married? Surely you can’t be serious!