to be sure

Definitions

1. 1

   Certainly, undoubtedly, admittedly, surely.

   • I don't hate him. To be sure, we're not best buddies, but hate is a strong word.
   • They call themselves gentlemen, I warrant you; but, as my first husband used to say, they should remember it is we that pay them. And to be sure it is very hard upon us to be obliged to pay them, and to keep 'um too, as we publicans are.
   • John spent the morning looking at these things; and, when it was mid-day, a bell rung, and his servant said, "Will you dine alone, sir, or with the large company?" - "With the large company, to be sure." replied John.

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