sure-enough
adjective
real; genuine.
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sure enoughActually, as one might have thought, as in Sure enough, the plane was three hours late. [Mid-1500s]
sure-enough
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[shoor-i-nuhf, shur-]
/ ˈʃʊər ɪˈnʌf, ˈʃɜr- /
adjective
Older Use.
sure enough
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Etymology
Origin of sure-enough
First recorded in 1535–45
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Author De Hartog, a sure-enough seafaring man, began his nautical career at ten, got to be a brass polisher on an Amsterdam tugboat.
From Time Magazine Archive
A slender amputation case in a lower, still staring through the window into the dark countryside, said: 'I knew a real sure-enough model' and went on in detail about her.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day a sure-enough snake turned up in the plausible person of Henri Gauthier-Villars, a 34-year-old literary hack who married her and then shut her up in his Paris garret.
From Time Magazine Archive
They seem to be straining every nerve to convince you that they are done with flippant irrelevancies, that this time they are in deadly earnest, writing a sure-enough mystery story.
From Time Magazine Archive
But you bet you it was to see what sort of a figure his son was cutting here among sure-enough men.
From Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold by Emerson, Alice B.
And sure enough, during the 45 minutes or so of Q&A, Warsh made clear that rate hikes aren’t off the table at all.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
“It was like the magazine cover curse — as soon as that happened, it was like, ‘Oh, boy,’ and, sure enough, we’ve been down since.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
He painstakingly watched the game tape and, sure enough, he had scored 31 points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
And sure enough, last week there was talk of a Hong Kong-based hedge fund that had borrowed money in yen and bought bitcoin exchange-traded funds and other speculative positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
The computer says it’s located right above us, and sure enough, when I look up, the magazine drops from the ceiling and glides right into my arms.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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