Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
absolutely certain;
- Example: "it is sure as shooting that they will come"ADVERB (1)
1.
definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely');
- Example: "the results are surely encouraging"- Example: "she certainly is a hard worker"- Example: "it's going to be a good day for sure"- Example: "they are coming, for certain"- Example: "they thought he had been killed sure enough"- Example: "he'll win sure as shooting"- Example: "they sure smell good"- Example: "sure he'll come"[syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sure as shooting
adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used
informally for `surely'); "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"; "they sure smell good";
"sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure,
for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as
shooting]
adj 1: absolutely certain; "it is sure as shooting that they
will come"