Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Without a doubt; certainly: very cold indeed; was indeed grateful.
- adv. In fact; in reality: felt sure I'd win, and indeed I did.
- interj. Used to express surprise, skepticism, or irony.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In fact; in reality; in truth: used emphatically, or as noting a concession or admission; or interjectionally, as an expression of surprise; or interrogatively, for the purpose of obtaining confirmation: as, do you believe it? yes, indeed; indeed! that is surprising; indeed? I can hardly believe it.
- [Originally written separately as two words, as still when an adjective, as very, qualifies the noun.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.
- adv. In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of senses. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis. (b) Denoting concession or admission. (c) Denoting surprise.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.
- adv. in truth (often tends to intensify)
Etymologies
- Middle English in dede, in fact : in, in; see in1 + dede, deed, fact; see deed.
Examples
“_ I am not a slanderer, indeed, _indeed_, I am not; here are proofs: your lordship, I find, is called the Count De Valmont; had you not once a relation of the same title, who fell in battle with the”
“And when we go to our Lord's Table do we realize that His "_flesh is meat indeed, and His blood is drink indeed_?”
“Centum mille perdrices plumbo confecit;" [4] that is, indeed, too often the sum of the life of an English lord; much questionable now, if _indeed_ of more value than that of many sparrows.”
“Oh, Aunt Marcia," cried Louise before Carl could reply, "they had to do it, indeed, _indeed_ they did!”
“It was not Jim, grandpa, indeed, _indeed_, it was not; but oh!”
“This confirmed that the name indeed came from him since they had received this independently.”
“If this indeed is the script written by QT, then I must tell you that at its very best, it's little more than a low-brow, un-amusing melodrama about (you guessed it) a girl's revenge.”
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“This indeed is a wonderful reading which I thoroughly enjoyed.”
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“But if this indeed is the end of the line, which Barber didn't dispute, he deemed it appropriate — given that he went out against his longtime NFC East rivals.”
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“Lorelai and Luke come to a new understanding as fans around the world wait to hear if this indeed is the end of the GILMORE GIRLS.”
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Telofy By the way, during the concert on February 8, 2010 in Berlin (:-D) they once used “teetotaling”. It might have even been somewhat of a paronomasia, for there is a lot of tea in the air during the show, but I don’t think it was punnily connoted in its immediate sentence context (which I can’t recall, unfortunately). Feb 11, 2010
bilby Bullshit indeed. Feb 11, 2010
Telofy “Emilie taught me that when we curse, if you say ‘indeed’ afterwards, it makes it more civilized.”
—Veronica Varlow, source and demonstration Feb 11, 2010
rawles I use this word perhaps more than any other in my vocabulary. May 23, 2007
likaluca Little, Omar -- InDEED. Jan 30, 2007
pedantic_douchebag This single word phrase is an excellent all-purpose response in all manner of situations. It can make you sound like you've given much more thought to your noncommittal answer than you actually did, and it can subtly express a dry, mocking agreement with another's stupidity. I frequently say this to my students. Jan 14, 2007
xamount See: Little, Omar. Dec 6, 2006