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
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of sure-enough
First recorded in 1535–45
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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
Teacher Anthony is a sure-enough sculptor who has studied under Carl Milles, works not only in soap but in wood, bronze, stone.
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
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
“Plainville has a sure-enough singer at last,” declared Alice Goode to her mother the morning after the Grant party.
From The Bail Jumper by Robert J. C. Stead
And, sure enough, the cavalry has finally arrived.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
And, sure enough, the S&P 500’s average return following past first cuts was lower than following first hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
And sure enough, his inflammatory words have punctuated the carefully crafted image of unity at this crucial gathering.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
And sure enough, there’s this southern tip of Ventura that’s like 25 minutes from my house up the 101.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
I try not to judge people; there's a plank in my own eye sure enough.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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