Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Sure-enough   /ʃʊr-ɪnˈəf/   Listen
Sure-enough

adjective
1.
(used informally especially for emphasis).  Synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old.  "Had us a high old time" , "Went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Sure-enough" Quotes from Famous Books



... recollections. And perhaps this good woman will also go home and wash the face of our little brother here. I am inspired with a new faith in mankind. Ladies and gentlemen, I wish to present to you a sure-enough saint—only wants a halo, to be transfigured. [To the LITTLE ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... squirrel in a cage. All day long I was saying: "Well, Squirrel, turn your little wheel. That's all you can do; turn your little wheel." And inside I was turning as hard and fast as a sure-enough squirrel turns; but ...
— Mary Cary - "Frequently Martha" • Kate Langley Bosher



Words linked to "Sure-enough" :   genuine, echt



Copyright © 2024 Diccionario ingles.com