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Adjective: sure-enough  ,shûr-i'núf [N. Amer], ,sho-ri'núf [Brit]
  1. (used informally especially for emphasis) authentic and real
    "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel";
    - honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old
Adverb: sure enough  ,shûr-i'núf [N. Amer], ,sho-ri'núf [Brit]
  1. As supposed or expected
    "sure enough, he asked her for money again"
     
  2. Definitely or positively
    "they thought he had been killed sure enough";
    - surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure as shooting

See also: echt, genuine

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