Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic, not comparable)Truly; doubtless; honestly; in truth.

    wahrlich

    и́стинноístinno

    in truth; certainly

  2. (archaic, not comparable)Confidently, certainly

    gewiss, natürlich, sicher

    уве́ренноuvérenno

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Verily, a noob was pwn'd and he was pwn'd hard.

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  2. One of my favourite Japanese anime is the franchise Violet Evergarden, which is verily of the Steampunk genre.

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  3. Verily I say unto thee, lay thine eyes upon the field in which my fucks are grown. Behold that it is barren.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
truly, doubtlessly:
confidently, certainly:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
truly, doubtlessly:
confidently, certainly:

Origin

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

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

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Synonyms

5 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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