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

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English verraily, from verrai, true; see very.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English verraily, from verray ("true, very") + -ly. More at very, -ly.

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  • "Verily I say to you..."

    July 26, 2009

  • 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