sure enough

adverb

Just as one would expect.

“Rain had been predicted for that day and, sure enough, it was beginning to rain.”

Similar
surelycertainlysurefor surefor certainsure as shooting
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Meanings

adverbsure enough (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableevaluativeJust as one would expect.

    Rain had been predicted for that day and, sure enough, it was beginning to rain.

    2 more examples

    Her body measurements are perfect in every dimension / She's got a figure / That's sure enough getting attention

    1981 August 28, Leon Haywood, “She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)” (track 5), in Carl Carlton, performed by Carl Carlton

    Chaplin wouldn't be dissuaded. He knew that The Great Dictator was worth making, and, sure enough, it was a box office smash

    2021 February 5, Nicholas Barber, “The Great Dictator: The film that dared to laugh at Hitler”, in BBC

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbdefinitely or positively (‘sure’ is sometimes used informally for ‘surely’)

Similar
surelycertainlysurefor surefor certainsure as shooting
Also see
certainlyfor certainfor suresuresure as shootingsurely

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 不出所料, 果然
  • 不出所料 (bùchūsuǒliào)just as one would expect
  • 果然 (guǒrán)just as one would expect
Finnish toden totta, totta tosiaan
  • toden tottajust as one would expect
  • totta tosiaanjust as one would expect
French comme il se doit, sans surprise
  • comme il se doitjust as one would expect
  • sans surprisejust as one would expect
Hungarian tényleg, valóban
  • ténylegjust as one would expect
  • valóbanjust as one would expect
  • csakugyanjust as one would expect
  • isjust as one would expect
Korean 역시, 아니나 다를까
  • 역시 (yeoksi)just as one would expect
  • 아니나 다를까 (anina dareulkka)just as one would expect
Polish rzeczywiście, faktycznie
  • rzeczywiściejust as one would expect
  • faktyczniejust as one would expect
  • rzecz jasnajust as one would expect
Spanish como era de esperar
  • como era de esperarjust as one would expect
Cite this entry
APA

sure enough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sure%20enough

MLA

“sure enough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sure%20enough. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sure enough,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sure%20enough.

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