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NO DOUBT
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Admittedly
Example:
to be sure, he is no Einstein
Synonyms:
no doubt; to be sure; without doubt
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Context examples:
I have not traced these checks yet, but I have no doubt that they were banked under that name at some provincial town where Oldacre from time to time led a double existence.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“We shall soon set matters right, I have no doubt. You have come in by train this morning, I see.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He is truly getting on well, and I have no doubt will in a few weeks be all himself.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Aye, no doubt; but that is what a governess will prevent, and if I had known your mother, I should have advised her most strenuously to engage one.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I had no doubt but that I should come through somehow.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I have no doubt, however, that your researches will soon clear the matter up.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I have no doubt of its being our carriage with Miss Bates and Jane.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Rushworth is quite right, I think, in meaning to give it a modern dress, and I have no doubt that it will be all done extremely well.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
"I have no doubt of it," replied Marianne.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I’ll see you and your young friend at the club or in the Mall, no doubt, and he sauntered off upon his way.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
