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Webster 1913 Edition


Sureness

Sure′ness

,
Noun.
The state of being sure; certainty.
For more
sureness
he repeats it.
Woodward.
The law holds with equal
sureness
for all right action.
Emerson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sureness

SU'RENESS

,
Noun.
Certainty.
For more sureness he repeats it. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


sureness

sureness

English

Noun

sureness (countable and uncountable, plural surenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being sure, certainty.
    His sureness was born of having looked it up in a reputable reference book.
  2. (uncountable) The property of being sure, deft, confident of ability.
    The surgeon's sureness was the result of long study in school and long practice in the operating room, never did he hesitate and never was there a mis-move.
  3. (countable, rare) The result or product of being sure.