verily

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In this verily is a mercy and a warning to those who believe SAY: God is witness enough between me and you He knoweth all that is in the Heavens and the Earth, and they who believe in vain things13 and disbelieve in God-these shall be the lost ones They will challenge thee to hasten the punishment: but had there not been a season fixed for it, that punishment had already come upon them.

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  1. adverb In truth; in fact.
  2. adverb With confidence; assuredly.

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  • Yes--verily," said Laihova, whose broken English was much interlarded with Scriptural words and expressions, "for does I not see my friends there? —  The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
  • Where is her What shouldest say, were I to answer, In a chamber of Enville Court Here, Father?--verily, here? —  Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada
  • But to do so all round, of course, take--in reason!--your time May I ask then," she said, "for still a little more He looked for this, verily, as if it was not in reason. —  The Outcry
  • And then, though she had phrased his idea without consternation--verily as if it had been in the balance for her--he might have been moved by something that gathered in her eyes. —  The Outcry
  • He might find himself crippled for life; he believed verily, the more he thought, that that was what was before him. —  The Finer Grain
 

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  1. Middle English verraily, from verrai, true; see very.

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  1. from Middle English verili, verrili, veraily, verraly, verreiliche; from very + -ly.
 

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/ˈvɛrɪli/
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