verily
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Definition of verily
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Synonyms for verily
Synonyms
actually, admittedly, forsooth, frankly, honestly, indeed, really, truly, truthfully
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Examples of verily in a Sentence
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Ignore my bigotry and bad character and all the kingdoms of the Courts, from lowest to highest, will verily be yours.’ Pretty rough way to describe it. — NBC News, "Meet the Press - July 1, 2018," 1 July 2018 If Man were meant to Fly, verily there would Be no Connections in Atlanta, Chicago, or the Sodom known as LaGuardia. — Ashley Braun, Slate Magazine, "Too Hot to Fly," 14 July 2017 But the whole cast is, verily, first-rate and clever. — John Anderson, WSJ, "‘Will’ Review: Bard to Be," 6 July 2017 Is academic jargon verily so problematical vis-à -vis its labyrinthine potentialities qua trans-resistive reactionings? — Rebecca Schuman, Slate Magazine, "Stop Problematizing Academic Jargon," 26 Jan. 2017 Verily, the life sciences arm of Google umbrella company Alphabet, is bugging out. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Why Google’s Verily Is Unleashing 20 Million Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes in Fresno," 14 July 2017 Verily, this is what terrorists do: invade spaces that feel safe or sacred, and destroy them. — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, "A Soft and Vulnerable Moment at Ariana Grande’s Manchester Concert, Destroyed by Terror," 23 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'verily.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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verily
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