sure-enough

  • (s) (used informally especially for emphasis)
    • a real honest-to-god live cowboy
    • had us a high old time
    • went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel
    honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old,
  • (r) as supposed or expected
    • sure enough, he asked her for money again
  • (r) definitely or positively ("sure" is sometimes used informally for "surely")
    • 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
    certainly, for certain, for sure, sure, sure as shooting, surely,

Synonyms

honest-to-god honest-to-goodness old certainly for certain for sure sure sure as shooting surely

Words of close approximity