1. (adverb) honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)
(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. (adverb) sure enough
as supposed or expected
"sure enough, he asked her for money again"
3. (adverb) surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting
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"
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Definitions of sure-enough 
