damn well

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Also, damned well. Certainly, without doubt; emphatically. For example, You damn well better improve your grades, or I know damned well that he's leaving me out. The damn in this phrase is mainly an intensifier.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby damn well

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How to use damn well in a sentence

Hitch knows damn well that Redford gets pretty much anything he wants.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The post-Breaking Bad life seems to be treating you pretty damn well.
From ‘Breaking Bad’ to Benjamin Franklin: Dean Norris on Life After Hank Schrader|Marlow Stern|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But you damn well better not try to enroll someone in health care.
What’s Really Obstructing Obamacare? GOP Resisters|Michael Tomasky|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Beatles had three, and so did the Beach Boys; they harmonized damn well, too.
The Band’s ‘Rock of Ages’ Is the Greatest Live Album Ever|Andrew Romano|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

They're socially liberal, but they damn well want to keep their money.
Ralph Nader Has Truly Lost It|Michael Tomasky|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He's a wise old bird and if he's worried about something it's damn well worth lookin' into.
The Great Dome on Mercury|Arthur Leo Zagat
Let him git killed though, as I know damn well he's expectin', an' God knows what'll happen.
The Lone Ranger Rides|Fran Striker
Now he's gone, yuh know damn well yer ready tuh let out a war whoop of plain an' fancy cheerin'.
The Lone Ranger Rides|Fran Striker
Nobody had ever dared question his right to use his own rangers as he damn well pleased!
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
The minute a man begins to think he has a balance he knows damn well that he hasn't!
The Streets of Ascalon|Robert W. Chambers