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of a surety

of a surety prepositional phrase: for certain.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (archaic) For certain.
    • And whẽ Peter was come to hym ſilfe / he ſayde: nowe I knowe off a ſurety / that the lorde hath ſent his angell […]1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xij:[11], folio clxxij, recto
    • Of a surety, little Harry, we must speedily resume our studies.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter LI, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and...

Questions about of a surety

What does of a surety mean?
Of a surety means for certain.
What part of speech is of a surety?
Of a surety is a prepositional phrase.

Words near of a surety in the dictionary

  1. of a lifetime
  2. of a mind
  3. of a piece
  4. of a piece with
  5. of a sudden
  6. of a surety
  7. of a truth
  8. of age
  9. of all
  10. of all conscience
  11. of all loves

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