veritably

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He was breathing heavily; he looked, veritably, a wounded man.

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  1. In a veritable or true manner; verily; truly; genuinely. When two augurs cannot meet each other with grave faces, their craft is veritably in danger. H. N. Oxenham, Short Studies, p. 379.

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  • Animal Collective, veritably, are abstract, but never an abstraction. —  This Is Fake DIY
  • All protests, veritably political, were aimed at pressing the point about the decision's being political and therefore unacceptable.
  • But then again, who would actually take Britney Spears with any amount of credibility if she got up before lawmakers and provided testimony requesting her desire to ensure royalty checks will cover her and her children's living expenses until she veritably goes bald and qualifies for Social Security. —  Techdirt
  • A tender vertebrae veritably shone before Bonewyrm's borrowed eyes as he drove a dagger home. —  World of war
  • We here encountered a great many little country maidens, offering bunches of beautiful primroses and violets--veritably a sweet refreshment Now we swiftly descend, a mountain stream chasing us on the right, gradually swelling into a river, the Reno. —  Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta
 

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