veritably

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ver·i·ta·ble (v

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adj.

Being truly so called; real or genuine: "Her tea ... was set forth with as much grace as if she had been a veritable guest to her own self" (Mary Wilkins Freeman).

[Middle English, from Old French, from verite; see verity.]

veri·ta·ble·ness n.

veri·ta·bly adv.

Translations

veritably [ˈverɪtəblɪ] ADV → verdaderamente

veritably

adv (liter) → in der Tat, fürwahr (obs)

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Sometimes, as is veritably attested, it dieth with the body, but after a season is raised up again in that place where the body did decay.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Dangeau, and twenty other courtiers, followed by their people and their baggage, closed this veritably triumphant march.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

My comfort was, that it happened a long time ago, and that he had doubtless been transported a long way off, and that he was dead to me, and might be veritably dead into the bargain.

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

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