be doubly sure

  • 1sure — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ You don t seem very sure to me. ▪ make ▪ Make sure no one finds out about this …

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  • 2doubly — dou|bly [ dʌbli ] adverb 1. ) by a much greater amount or to a much greater degree than usual: doubly sure/important/difficult 2. ) for two reasons or in two ways: He was doubly disadvantaged as a foreigner and an intellectual …

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  • 3doubly — UK [ˈdʌblɪ] / US adverb 1) by a much greater amount, or to a much greater degree than usual doubly sure/important/difficult 2) for two reasons, or in two ways He was doubly disadvantaged as a foreigner and an intellectual …

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  • 4doubly — adv. Doubly is used with these adjectives: ↑difficult, ↑important, ↑interesting, ↑ironic, ↑sure, ↑true, ↑unfortunate …

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  • 5Caution — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Caution >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 caution caution Sgm: N 1 cautiousness cautiousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 discretion discretion prudence cautel| heed circumspection calculation deliberation …

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  • 6Safety — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Safety >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 safety safety security surety impregnability Sgm: N 1 invulnerability invulnerability invulnerableness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 danger past danger past danger over Sgm …

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  • 7certainty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Confidence in being right Nouns 1. certainty, certitude, confidence, sureness, conviction, surety, assurance, faith; dead or moral certainty; positiveness, assuredness; self confidence, reliance, or… …

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  • 8The Old Tune — is a free translation of Robert Pinget’s 1960 play La Manivelle ( The Crank ) in which Samuel Beckett transformed Pinget’s Parisians, Toupin and Pommard into Dubliners, Cream and Gorman. Its first radio broadcast was by the BBC on 23rd August… …

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  • 9Duke Cunningham — For the American football player, see Randall Cunningham. Randy Duke Cunningham Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California s 50th district In office January 3, 2003 – December 6, 2005 …

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  • 10Northey Brothers — George and Hart Northey were two brothers who lived in St. Eglos, Cornwall during the early 19th Century. It was purported that the former experienced a clairvoyant vision of the latter s murder. Their case was recorded by the English journalist… …

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