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verily

[ ver-uh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in truth; really; indeed.


verily

/ ˈ±¹É›°ùɪ±ôɪ /

adverb

  1. archaic.
    sentence modifier in truth; truly

    verily, thou art a man of God

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of verily1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; very, -ly
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of verily1

C13: from very + -ly ²
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And yet, verily, my soul is filled with confusion.

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Thus, Penelope came into our lives, and, verily, I wanted to drown her in the bathtub.

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It is a tragicomedy, a hybrid of past and present, a pastiche and an original yarn, a verily fun and achingly melancholy novel.

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An article in The Muskogee Comet, a Black newspaper, from June 23, 1904, proclaimed that the Tulsa area “may verily be called the Eden of the West for the colored people.â€

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“We will all verily abide by the will of God.â€

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