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to be sure

to be sure adverb: certainly, undoubtedly, admittedly, surely.

Adverb

to be sure (not comparable)

  1. (Ireland, idiomatic, informal) 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.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

to be sure meaning in Bengali

to be sure in Bengali

অবশ্যই, নিঃসন্দেহে, স্বীকারোক্তি অনুযায়ী

Examples of to be sure in a sentence

  • You did it uncommonly well; how kindly the old un swallowed the spice-nut, to be sure; and it is only one of many others he has swallowed within these two days.1862, Wyndham Smith, Once a Week:
  • But to be sure baby was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:

Synonyms of to be sure

Words formed from to be sure

Questions about to be sure

What does to be sure mean?
To be sure means certainly, undoubtedly, admittedly, surely.
What is to be sure in Bengali?
To be sure in Bengali is অবশ্যই, নিঃসন্দেহে, স্বীকারোক্তি অনুযায়ী. See To be sure meaning in Bengali.
How do you use to be sure in a sentence?
You did it uncommonly well; how kindly the old un swallowed the spice-nut, to be sure; and it is only one of many others he has swallowed within these two days.
What part of speech is to be sure?
To be sure is an adverb.

Words near to be sure in the dictionary

  1. to be going on with
  2. to be honest
  3. to be named later
  4. to be precise
  5. to be reckoned with
  6. to be sure
  7. to be truthful
  8. to beat the band
  9. to begin with
  10. to bits
  11. to blame

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to be sure (page history and authors); to be sure (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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