Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In truth; in fact.
- adverb With confidence; assuredly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In truth; in very truth or deed; beyond doubt or question; certainly.
- Really; truly; in sincere earnestness; with conviction and confidence: as, he verily believes the woman's story.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
truly ,doubtlessly , in truth - adverb
confidently ,certainly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in truth; certainly
Etymologies
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Examples
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-- In His name verily I come, and upon His errand; and the love and duty I bear unto my godfather and uncle have added wings, in a sort, unto my zeal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Various
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_ In His name verily I come, and upon His errand; and the love and duty I bear unto my godfather and uncle have added wings, in a sort, unto my zeal.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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The trial of our love: But whoso keepeth his word in him verily is the love of God perfected; hereby know we that we are in him, v. 5.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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English Professor Leland Ryken, in his recent book The Legacy of the King James Bible, identified four distinctive prose styles characteristic of the KJV: noun-of-noun constructions men of strength rather than strong men, woman of Samaria rather than Samaritan woman, interjections such as lo and behold to call attention to something important, the intensifying word verily and frequent and repeated use of the conjunction 'and.'
Roy M. Pitkin: The King James Bible: 400 And Going Strong Roy M. Pitkin 2011
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And if it be my Alpha and Omega that everything heavy shall become light, every body a dancer, and every spirit a bird: and verily, that is my Alpha and Omega! —
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It is not right for you to annoy the prophet of God, nor to wed his wives after him ever; verily, that is with God a serious thing.
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But if ye be patient and fear, verily, that is one of the determined affairs.
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And if it be my Alpha and Omega that everything heavy shall become light, everybody a dancer, and every spirit a bird: and verily, that is my Alpha and Omega!
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And if it be my Alpha and Omega that everything heavy shall become light, every body a dancer, and every spirit a bird: and verily, that is my Alpha and Omega!
Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word verily
"Verily I say to you..."
July 26, 2009
BEplaysMC commented on the word verily
I read, like, 2 verses from the Mormon bible, and now I have a bad habit of beginning everything I write that is longer than 2 sentences with "Verily verily, I sayith unto you; ..."
April 10, 2018