well, to be sure

English

Interjection

well, to be sure

1. (obsolete) An exclamation of surprise.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House‎^[1]:

     “My dear, I never saw him.”
     “And I never saw him !” returned Ada.
     Well, to be sure!

   • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 21:

     […] words that were quickly interrupted by a murmur of dismay at finding the room in total darkness. "Well to be sure! The lamp must have gone out!" she exclaimed,

Synonyms

• well, I never
• (well) I'll be
• See Thesaurus:wow