sure-enough
adjective
real; genuine.
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sure enough
sure enoughActually, as one might have thought, as in Sure enough, the plane was three hours late. [Mid-1500s]
sure-enough
American
[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
This taut tale of what happened one night in big-time Charley King's midwestern gambling house will give ordinary bridge and poker fans a rough notion of the fever that throbs in a sure-enough gambler's veins.
From Time Magazine Archive
By last week, when his one-man show opened in Manhattan's Bonestell Gallery, modest Arnold Friedman was making a noise like a sure-enough artist.
From Time Magazine Archive
There's sure-enough gold up thar to pay for the workin', an' there might be a chance for a big haul, seein' no one is prospectin' thar.
From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
“And sure enough, you see the guy get out of the car and grab a crate with all the power tools in it, and a blower on the way out,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
And, sure enough, the cavalry has finally arrived.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Aeon, the Japanese retailer operating the mall, had boasted that the rebuilt structure was designed for resilience in quakes—and sure enough, it withstood the violent shaking this time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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, by the time we’d crunched through the first sweet, salty handfuls, they were rounding the house into the backyard.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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