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verily

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ver·i·ly

[ver-uh-lee]
adverb
in truth; really; indeed.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see very, -ly
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Verily is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example Sentences
  • For verily she spoke of great evils visited upon her.
  • By these perfidies, he has verily shewn himself to be unfit to rule a free people.
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World English Dictionary
verily (ˈvɛrɪlɪ)
 
adv
archaic (sentence modifier) in truth; truly: verily, thou art a man of God
 
[C13: from very + -ly²]

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Word Origin & History

verily
c.1300, from M.E. verray "true, real" (see very) + -ly.
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