Lexic.us

Definition of Sureness

1. Noun. Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. "She spoke with authority"

2. Noun. The quality of being steady and unfailing. "Sureness of hand"

Definition of Sureness

1. n. The state of being sure; certainty.

Definition of Sureness

1. Noun. The property of being sure, certainty. ¹

2. Noun. The property of being sure, deft, confident of ability. ¹

3. Noun. (countable rare) The result or product of being sure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sureness

1. the state of being sure [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sureness

sure as eggs sure as eggs is eggs sure as shooting sure enough sure of oneself sure thing sure things sure up sured suredaite

surefire surefooted surefootedly surefootedness surely sureness (current term) surenesses surer sures surest

suretied sureties suretiship suretiships surety surety bond suretying suretyship suretyships surf

Literary usage of Sureness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harvard Lectures on Greek Subjectsby Samuel Henry Butcher by Samuel Henry Butcher (1904)
"Here we have no longer the same sureness of insight;—indeed the lack of it is frequently startling. Nevertheless there remains a sufficient body of ..."

2. Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (1904)
"Her later work is marked by the romantic influence of C. Ludwig, who was for a time her instructor, but she shows unusual breadth and sureness in dealing ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"For sureness," common expression for Surely, certainly : as " I knowed that for sureness, for I seed it my-sen;" "She didn't know, not for sureness, ..."

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