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surely  

1       adv   You use surely to emphasize that you think something should be true, and you would be surprised if it was not true.  
ADV with cl/group     (emphasis)    You're an intelligent woman, surely you realize by now that I'm helping you..., If I can accept this situation, surely you can.     
2       adv   If something will surely happen or is surely the case, it will definitely happen or is definitely the case.  
FORMAL   ADV with cl, ADV before v   (=certainly)  
He knew that under the surgeon's knife he would surely die..., He is an artist, just as surely as Rembrandt or any other first-rate portrait painter is one.     
3    If you say that something is happening slowly but surely, you mean that it is happening gradually but it is definitely happening.  
♦ slowly but surely             phrase   PHR with cl  
Slowly but surely she started to fall in love with him...     
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n.
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n.
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n-count
v.
has the same molecular kinetic energy but appears different in more ways than not.
give the chills
exp.
have a powerful impact on someone; impress; generate an emotion (positive, but also negative)
looney
n.
A currency coin worth $1.00 in Canada. Bigger than a quarter but smaller than a tooney.
FOB
n.
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crux
id.
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