Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a veritable or true manner; verily; truly; genuinely.

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  • adverb In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something.

Etymologies

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veritable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • That glorious free-market story arc would only veritably begin some seventy years later, when Bank of America introduced the first nationwide credit card to the Eisenhower era, unleashing the miracle of washing machine and refrigerator “ownership” via wallet-sized debt-incurring pieces of plastic.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • That glorious free-market story arc would only veritably begin some seventy years later, when Bank of America introduced the first nationwide credit card to the Eisenhower era, unleashing the miracle of washing machine and refrigerator “ownership” via wallet-sized debt-incurring pieces of plastic.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The first half of the program which repeats on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. was occupied with two suites and an aria from Albert Roussel's opera "Padmavati," a heavy-lidded and sensuous piece of French Orientalism so rich that O'Connor's voice in the aria was veritably swallowed up by the eggy music around it.

    NSO review: Tabla meets West as 'India' concert strikes a crossover convergence 2011

  • The whole thing is essentially a carnival redux ofLady in the Water, in that Lady in the Water was a pointless, onanistic allegory about how misunderstood – nay, how veritably Christ-like – M. Night Shyamalan is for making movies as brilliant as Signs and, uh, The Village.

    2010 January « paper fruit 2010

  • This vast journey – "veritably across the roof of the world", says the guide – took four days.

    Lake Titicaca's floating B&B 2011

  • Cragged edges, haunting facades and fascinating back stories, all things that combine to produce the compellingly beautiful ruined castles of England - whose green and pleasant land is veritably pock-marked with such historical sites.

    Historvius: 14 Picturesque English Castle Ruins Historvius 2011

  • Racing through the kitchen as if a trip to the dishwasher were a minor emergency, chopping garlic as if the global supply might dry up at any moment, they seem veritably propelled by their determination to demonstrate how hard they are working.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • The whole thing is essentially a carnival redux ofLady in the Water, in that Lady in the Water was a pointless, onanistic allegory about how misunderstood – nay, how veritably Christ-like – M. Night Shyamalan is for making movies as brilliant as Signs and, uh, The Village.

    the imaginarium of doctor parnassus « paper fruit 2010

  • Dr. Ramachandran takes this even further: Mirror neurons, he claims, are the key to many modes of distinctively human communication and they are the reason we are "the one and only species that veritably lives and breathes culture."

    The Mind in the Mirror Raymond Tallis 2011

  • But the Supreme Court in Buckley vs. Valeo, set aside the '73 Act and now requires candidates for office to veritably buy the seat.

    Sen. Fritz Hollings: Money Is a Cancer in Politics Sen. Fritz Hollings 2010

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