sureness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English surenes; equivalent to sure + -ness.

Now the sureness was gone. — The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
His calmness was like the sureness of money in the bank. — Hungry Hearts, Anzia Yezierska
O meek anticipant of that sure pain Whose sureness gray-hair'd scholars hardly learn! — Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold, Matthew Arnold

assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority

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