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sure-enough

American  
[shoor-i-nuhf, shur-] / ˈʃʊər ɪˈnʌf, ˈʃɜr- /

adjective

Older Use.

  1. real; genuine.

sure enough Idioms  

  1. Actually, as one might have thought, as in Sure enough, the plane was three hours late. [Mid-1500s]

Etymology

Origin of sure-enough

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

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James Caesar Petrillo declared that it was a sure-enough, wage-earning musical instrument, and that professional harmonica players would have to join his musicians' union.

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

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

Got 303 their claims staked out, and if it’s really a sure-enough find I expect there will be a small stampede to that side of the canyon.

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.

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