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well, to be sure

well, to be sure interjection: an exclamation of surprise.

Interjection

  1. (obsolete) An exclamation of surprise.
    • “My dear, I never saw him.”
      “And I never saw him !” returned Ada.
      Well, to be sure!1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • […]words that were quickly interrupted by a murmur of dismay at finding the room in total darkness. "Well to be sure! The lamp must have gone out!" she exclaimed,1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published...

Synonyms of well, to be sure

Questions about well, to be sure

What does well, to be sure mean?
Well, to be sure means an exclamation of surprise.
What part of speech is well, to be sure?
Well, to be sure is an interjection.

Words near well, to be sure in the dictionary

  1. well wagon
  2. well wagons
  3. well will
  4. well, duh
  5. well, I never
  6. well, to be sure
  7. well, well
  8. well, well, well
  9. well-adapted
  10. well-adjusted
  11. well-advised

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