veritably

adv

veritably

adv

/ˈvɛɹɪtəbli/ · /ˈvɛɹətəbli/

Etymology From verity + -ably.

1

In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something.

  • 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.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XIX, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 315:
  • A book with veritably no shading or subtlety1988 April 9, Elizabeth Pincus, “So Precious A Love”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
Synonyms
genuinely

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