TO BE SURE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does to be sure mean? 

• TO BE SURE (adverb)
  The adverb TO BE SURE has 1 sense:

1. admittedly

  Familiarity information: TO BE SURE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TO BE SURE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Admittedly

Synonyms:

no doubt; to be sure; without doubt

Context example:

to be sure, he is no Einstein

 Context examples 

Isabella, to be sure, was no very quick observer; yet if Harriet had not been equal to playing with the children, it would not have escaped her.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

To be sure, answered he; I have two heads of it with me, and will give you one; so he opened his bag and gave them the bad.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

To be sure, so I shall.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He does look very hot, to be sure.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

To be sure, the broad river now cut them off from this beautiful land.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Your doctor may run tests to be sure you don't have other diseases.

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

“Yes, my lad,” said he; “such is my name, to be sure. And who may you be?”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Call ahead to find out to be sure.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I asked for splendid things, to be sure, but in my heart I knew I should be satisfied, if I had a little home, and John, and some dear children like these.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I was young, to be sure; but I thought much the better of her for this sympathy, and fancied it became her, as a virtuous wife and mother, very well indeed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)