damn well

You better believe

Damn well is an emphatic intensifier expressing certainty, defiance, or insistence.

It amplifies verbs of knowing or intending: You damn well know what I mean, I'm damn well going to finish this.

The phrase adds emotional force—frustration, determination, or indignation—to whatever follows.

Sometimes softened to darn well.

Related

unquestionably · beyond a doubt · blooming · positively · flipping · straight up · utterly · freaking · thoroughly · surely · hell yeah · bloody · emphatically · firmly · defiantly · really · undeniably · truly

Opposites
emphatic certainty

damn wellmaybe

Expression of uncertainty

perhaps · possibly · sort of · kind of · I suppose

register/politeness

damn wellpolitely

With good manners

respectfully · humbly · gently · with all due respect · tactfully

Family

well, darn, damn, unwell, welcoming, condemn, damned, wellness, well-off

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