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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"

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  1. sure-enough

    "Sure-enough" is an adjective used primarily in informal speech or writing that means genuine, authentic, or unquestionably real. It emphasizes certainty or assurance about the quality or status of the person or thing it is describing.

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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. Alex Kuprienko:

    Honestly, at first I thought it was a kid playing around in the snow, didnt think much of it, i went up, and sure enough, there was a guy buried in the snow with his legs sticking up. So, he was on his back, face-up, but obviously head-down into the snow.

  2. Emily Lavelle:

    First thing I did was call the number, and sure enough, it was a sex line, i was pretty shocked -- it was kind of disbelief.

  3. 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.

  4. Deshawn Yeldell:

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

  5. Sam Bradford:

    It's coming your way, win right here, and sure enough, he ran a great route, and obviously the catch was huge.

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