adverb
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
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the results are surely encouraging
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she certainly is a hard worker
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it's going to be a good day for sure
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they are coming, for certain
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they thought he had been killed sure enough
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he'll win sure as shooting
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they sure smell good
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sure he'll come
• Syn: ↑surely, ↑certainly, ↑sure, ↑for sure, ↑sure enough, ↑sure as shooting
• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism
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adverb : assuredly : as a certainty
never knew for certain how it happened — Time
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for certain
Assuredly, certainly
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Main Entry: ↑certain
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without any doubt
I don't know for certain
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for certain
: without a doubt : definitely or certainly
No one knows for certain what the outcome will be.
We'll need more than an hour to get there for certain. [=for sure]
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Main Entry: ↑certain
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for ˈcertain idiom
without doubt
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I can't say for certain when we'll arrive.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.