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Sure enough   /ʃʊr ɪnˈəf/   Listen
Sure enough

adverb
1.
As supposed or expected.
2.
Definitely or positively ('sure' is sometimes used informally for 'surely').  Synonyms: certainly, for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, surely.  "She certainly is a hard worker" , "It's going to be a good day for sure" , "They are coming, for certain" , "They thought he had been killed sure enough" , "He'll win sure as shooting" , "They sure smell good" , "Sure he'll come"






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"Sure enough" Quotes from Famous Books



... here," as he counted the little sets, "they have sent me six sets. Are they not exquisite little things?" and he fondled them with loving glee. "Lucky, too, for me that they should happen to come now, for I have been wondering what I could give you as a souvenir of your visit to me, and here it is, sure enough! My publishers must have guessed you were here and my mind at the same time. Now, if you would like it, you shall carry home one of these little sets, and I'll just write a piece from one of my poems and your name on the fly-leaf of each volume. ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok

... Sure enough, there stood the Mercury, dusty and panting, but seemingly gathering breath for another mighty effort ...
— Cynthia's Chauffeur • Louis Tracy

... drinking! Why not? You've a nice notion of a convivial evening. Faith, we'll have the broiled bone sure enough, and, what's more, a half gallon of the strongest punch they can make us; an' I hope that, grave as you are, you'll favor the company with ...
— Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) • Charles Lever

... below continued, and the boys went down to the door of the room where young Moore was held captive. The noise came from within, sure enough. ...
— Boy Scouts in a Submarine • G. Harvey Ralphson

... "Sure enough! I heard something about the case of the diamond robbery coming off to-morrow," responded Mr. Hamblin, in an eager tone. "That was a queer affair throughout, wasn't it?—and the story about the Bently woman is another—it got into the ...
— Mona • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon


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