different between surely vs success

English

Etymology

From Middle English surely; equivalent to sure +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????li/, /????li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????li/, /????li/, /???li/
• Homophone: Shirley (in some dialects)
• Rhymes: -??(?)li, -??(?)li

Adverb

surely (comparative surelier or more surely, superlative sureliest or most surely)

1. Without fail.

2. Certainly, undoubtedly.
3. With confidence.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […].

Synonyms

• certainly, wis (obsolete)

Translations

Anagrams

• Ruleys, Ruyles, Ulerys, Ulreys, syluer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• surly, suerly, surliche, surelich, seurly, suyrly, swrly, seurerly, seuirly, sureli, sewrly, sourely, sewerly, swerly, sewrlye, surelye

Etymology

From sure +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?u?rli?/, /?siu?rli?/, /?su?rli?/

Adverb

surely (comparative surelier)

1. safely (with safety and security)
2. totally, bindingly, without doubt
3. For sure, with certainty.
4. truely, actually, really
5. totally, entirely, wholly
6. With conviction and belief; assuredly

Descendants

• English: surely
• Scots: shuirly

References

• “seurl?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.

English

Alternative forms

• successe (archaic)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succ?d? (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + c?d? (“go, move”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /s?k?s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

success (countable and uncountable, plural successes)

1. The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]

   His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success.

   Antonym: failure

2. (business) Financial profitability.

   Don't let success go to your head.

3. One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.

   Scholastically, he was a success.

   The new range of toys has been a resounding success.

4. The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.

   She is country music's most recent success.

5. (obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result. [16th-18th c.]
   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe, others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.

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Further reading

• success in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• success in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.