Search Result:sure-enough
KK Pronunciation
〔 `ʃJrI`nʌf 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˋʃuәriˋnʌf 〕
Overview of adj sure-enough
The adj sure-enough has 1 sense
- honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough -- ((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")
Overview of adv sure-enough
The adv sure enough has 2 senses
- sure enough -- (as supposed or expected; "sure enough, he asked her for money again")
- surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting -- (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")