adv. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"

adj. reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites"

adj. physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground"

adj. certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle"

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

adj. impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof"

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

adj. infallible or unfailing; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment"

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

adj. not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"

adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

adj. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"

adj. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

adj. firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable"

adj. resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

adj. not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

adj. difficult to please

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

adj. not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

adj. incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"

adj. impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

adj. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

adj. free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"

adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

adj. required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"

adj. characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"

adj. "a positive attitude"

adj. not open to question; obviously true; "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness"

adj. too obvious to be doubted

adj. having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

adj. not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

adj. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

adj. not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"

adj. required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

adj. fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

adj. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"

adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

adj. incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"

adv. "Quite so!" "Quite the contrary!"

adv. in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"

adv. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

adv. in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted; "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers"

adv. "It's undoubtedly very beautiful"

adv. extremely; "it was positively monumental"

adv. to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner; "she is undeniably the most gifted student in the class"

adv. "It was decidedly too expensive"

adv. without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone"

adv. with finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument decisively"

adv. without question; "Fred Winter is unquestionably the jockey to follow"; "they hired unimpeachably first-rate faculty members"

adj. consistently reliable or dependable: "a faithful old car that always gets us home"

adj. tested and proved to be reliable

adj. "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

adj. used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady; "undeviating loyalty"

adj. characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"

adj. secured by written agreement

adj. securely established; "an established reputation"; "holds a firm position as the country's leading poet"

adj. guaranteed not to fail; "a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle"

adj. secure in formally authorized hands

adj. assured by (usually) spoken agreement; "the promised toy"; "the promised land"

adj. in safekeeping; "your secret is safe with me"

adj. safe for the storage of valuables; "kept the deed in his safe-deposit box at the bank"

adj. consistent in performance or behavior; "dependable in one's habits"; "a steady-going family man"

adj. occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"

adj. (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling; "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"

adj. not liable to stumble or fall; "on surefooted donkeys"

adj. marked by care and effort; "made a studious attempt to fix the television set"

adj. "careful of her feelings"; "extremely solicitous in matters of behavior"

adj. rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept a close watch on expenditures"

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

adj. developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

adj. excessively or unduly careful

adj. painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research"

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

adj. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

adj. of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain

adj. characterized by fact; "the factual aspects of the case"

adj. conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement"

adj. precisely accurate; "a veracious account"

adj. impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof"

adj. free from error; "an errorless baseball game"

adj. not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman"

adj. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"

adj. established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"

adj. certain to get or have; "he knew he was in for a licking"

adj. not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"

adj. subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"

adj. fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

adj. not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain"

adj. capable of being avoided or warded off