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sure as hell

ADVERB
absolutely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
actually categorically definitely doubtless exactly positively precisely really surely truly unconditionally unquestionably
WEAK
come hell or high water conclusively decidedly decisively easily for sure no ifs ands or buts no strings attached on the button on the money on the nose right on straight out sure as can be sure enough the very thing unambiguously
Antonyms
STRONGEST
doubtfully dubiously questionably uncertain
WEAK
doubtfully

Example Sentences

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"I brought him into the world and I don't want to take him out of it - but I sure as hell don't want to see him suffer," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

“We don’t know where we’re going, what we’re doing. … We’re about to lose our Mayberry, but we’re sure as hell going to fight for it.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2023

“All I know is that I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be your enemy,” Kuina tells him at one point.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2022

“Put yourself in this offense and kind of envision it. We’re distributing the ball very well, and I’m sure as hell he would love it. I’m sure.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022

When he wasn’t in the hallways at school, he didn’t have that toothpaste-commercial smile plastered all over him, and he sure as hell didn’t have that hopeful, the-world-is-an-amazing-place-so-let’s-get-out-there- and-love-life glimmer in his eyes either.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley