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TO BE SURE
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:
To be sure, White Fang only felt these things.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"Aye, to be sure. Yes, indeed, oh yes! I am quite of your opinion, Mrs Croft," was Mrs Musgrove's hearty answer.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
To be sure, there were certain small evidences, such as that my clothes were folded and laid by in a manner which was not my habit.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Marianne to be sure is lost to me for ever.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
He had, to be sure, done much.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Well, you are fine, to be sure!
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He wants to be sure that she is on the lookout.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
What a shrimp it is, to be sure!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Dear me, how very stupid of me, to be sure! Good-morning, miss, and many thanks for having relieved my mind.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
