- sure enough
- adverb1. as supposed or expected (Freq. 3)-
sure enough, he asked her for money again
2. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') (Freq. 3)-the results are surely encouraging
-she certainly is a hard worker
-it's going to be a good day for sure
-they are coming, for certain
-they thought he had been killed sure enough
-he'll win sure as shooting
-they sure smell good
-sure he'll come
• Syn: ↑surely, ↑certainly, ↑sure, ↑for sure, ↑for certain, ↑sure as shooting• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism* * *
adverb: as one might confidently expect : certainly, definitely, positivelyin most cases the spontaneity is there, sure enough — Times Literary Supplement
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sure enough1. No doubt2. In very fact3. Accordingly4. There's no denying• • •Main Entry: ↑sure* * *
sure enough phraseused for saying that something happened exactly as you thought it wouldI had a feeling we’d get lost, and sure enough, we did.
Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are not surprisedsynonymMain entry: sure* * *
informal used to introduce a statement that confirms something previously predictedwhen X-rays were taken, sure enough, there was the needle
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• • •Main Entry: ↑enough————————sure enough— used to say that what happened was not surprising or unexpectedWe were finally ready to go outside, and sure enough, it started to rain.
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ˌsure eˈnough idiomused to say that sth happened as expected•
I said he'd forget, and sure enough he did.
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‘Stop,’ she said, ‘I can hear something.’ Sure enough, in the distance we could hear the sound of a car approaching.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.