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assuredly, adv.|əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. Certainly, surely, undoubtedly; in very truth.
a1400Chester Pl. ii. 50 One of them thou arte assuredlye. 1578in Campbell Chancellors (1857) II. xlv. 268 Yours assuredly, W. Burleigh. 1758Pultney in Phil. Trans. L. 517 It will almost assuredly rain. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 230 Assuredly James did not mean to say anything cruel or insolent.
2. With assurance or confidence, confidently.
1508Fisher Wks. (1876) 309 [She] confessed assuredly, that in the sacrament was conteyned Cryst Ihesu. 1557Recorde Whetst. B iij b, Trust thereto adsuredly. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 15 We expect, assuredlie, that ye will use all possible diligence. 1853Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. xvi. 205 If a man sincerely and assuredly thinks. |