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[ adverb ] definitely or positively
Synonyms sure surely sure_enough for_sure sure_as_shooting for_certain Examples "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" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Certainly not in Orchestra_hall where he has played countless recitals , and where Thursday night he celebrated his 20th season with the Chicago_Symphony_orchestra , playing the Brahms_Concerto with his own slashing , demon-ridden cadenza melting into the high , pale , pure and lovely song with which a violinist unlocks the heart of the music , or forever finds it closed . (The Providence Journal...)Certainly in the matter of principals there is nothing lacking . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The objectification of the world of spirit in popular superstition had certainly gone far beyond what the experience of spirit could justify or support . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Until we translate this gospel into a language that enlightened men today can understand , we are depriving ourselves of the very resources on which the continued success of our witness most certainly depends . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)In this connection , it has been observed that the increasing number of Irish Catholics , priests and laity , in England , while certainly seen as good for Catholicism , is nevertheless a source of embarrassment for some of the more nationalistic English Catholics , especially when these Irishmen offer to remind their Christian brethren of this good . Related terms |
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