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
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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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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
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
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 Alice B. Emerson
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, that scholarship came to the court, and the court cited it, and most of it has been debunked and disproven, but it’s the law anyway.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 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
And sure enough, as UConn’s shots started falling and its defense stiffened against Boozer’s attacks, the deficit narrowed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
“On the 24th of August, sure enough, the British reached Bladensburg, and the fight began between 11 and 12,” Jennings later recounted.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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