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Princeton's WordNet

  1. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)adverb

    (used informally especially for emphasis)

    "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

  2. sure enoughadverb

    as supposed or expected

    "sure enough, he asked her for money again"

  3. surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shootingadverb

    definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')

    "the results are surely encouraging"; "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"

Wiktionary

  1. sure enoughadverb

    Just as one would expect.

Wikipedia

  1. Sure Enough

    Sure Enough is a single by Canadian country music artist Chris Cummings. Released in 1996, it was the second single from his album Somewhere Inside. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in August 1996.

ChatGPT

  1. sure enough

    Sure enough is a phrase used to express the fact that something that was predicted or expected has indeed happened as anticipated. It implies a sense of certainty or confirmation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sure enough in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sure enough in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sure enough in a Sentence

  1. Royce Hutain:

    It was hard to tell from the shore, so, we went back that night hoping to see something, and sure enough we did.

  2. Captain Dave Bender:

    [ Before we caught ] the second shark, I turned to my co-captain, i said, ‘ If this is a shark, we’re f --- ing out of here. ’ And sure enough — shark.

  3. Mike Rogers:

    I was a little concerned by both parties, here we had this opportunity for both sides to come together and lay out what the Russians have been doing. ... That was completely lost today, it was Republicans decided 'hey its all about the leaks' — which are bad — sure enough, and Democrats decided they were going to make the case because Comey couldn't make the case publicly.

  4. Paige Patterson:

    And sure enough, Paige Patterson did, she came to church one morning with both eyes black. And she was angry at me and at God and the world, for that matter. And she said,' I hope you're happy.' And I said,' Yes ma'am, I am.' And I said,' I'm sorry about Southern Baptist, but I'm very happy.'.

  5. Deshawn Yeldell:

    The thing about human beings they’re not emotional enough, but they are sure enough with a heart of coldness. -MillYentei


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