Verily

WOTD - 25 October 2010    

English

Adverb

Verily (not comparable)

1. truly, doubtlessly, in truth
2. confidently, certainly

Synonyms

• (truly): soothly, truly
• (confidently): certainly, confidently, wis

Thesaurus

actually, assuredly, certainly, clearly, decidedly, demonstrably, factually, for a certainty, for real, forsooth, historically, in all conscience, in fact, in reality, in truth, in very sooth, indeed, indeedy, indubitably, manifestly, nay, nothing else but, noticeably, observably, obviously, of a truth, patently, positively, quite, really, really-truly, sensibly, seriously, truly, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unmistakably, veritably, visibly, with truth, without doubt, yea

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈvɛɹ.əl.i/, /ˈvɛɹ.ɪ.li/

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Translations

truly, doubtlessly

Danish: sandelig (da) Finnish: varmasti (fi) French: vraiment (fr), véritablement (fr), sans aucun doute (fr), absolument (fr), indubitablement (fr), sans le moindre doute (fr) Italian: veramente  (it), davvero (it)

Polish: zaprawdę (pl), zaiste (pl), doprawdy (pl) Russian: истинно (ru) Spanish: verdaderamente (es), de verdad  (es), de veras (es), realmente (es), sin duda alguna (es)

confidently, certainly

Finnish: varmasti (fi) French: certainement  (fr), assurément (fr) Italian: certamente (it)

Russian: уверенно (ru) Spanish: ciertamente (es), por supuesto (es)

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