sure as death

adverb

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Meanings

adverbsure as death (not comparable)
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    "It was naething to make a wark about. It was just yon windy yonder in the library that is nae windy. And it was open as sure's death. You may laugh if you like. Is that a' she's wantin' wi' me?"

    1896, Margaret Oliphant, The Library Window
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APA

sure as death. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sure%20as%20death

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sure as death,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sure%20as%20death.

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