Meaning & use
Sho
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A dialectal, phonetic spelling of 'sure' or 'surely,' used especially in Southern U.S. and African American Vernacular English.
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"You comin' to the party?" "Sho am."
That pie is sho' good, ain't no doubt about it.
A note on using this word
A phonetic spelling reflecting dialectal pronunciation, common in older Southern U.S. speech and folk literature, often written with an apostrophe as 'sho''.
Words with a similar meaning
suresurely
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