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as in frankly
to tell the truth
forsooth, the rumor is true: this lovely lass and I are getting married!
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as in surely
without any question
you're getting married without a penny to your name—a pretty story forsooth!
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forsooth
Adverb
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And without that fuel, your citizens are quite frankly in crisis.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026 -
And frankly, very little reason to even tune in.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This straightforwardly noble approach surely has some uses.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Mar. 2026
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While Gruev has been dependable, swapping him in for a striker like Nmecha is, surely, too conservative.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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After using it, my scalp honestly felt so clean and refreshed.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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Anyone assessing the Giants’ free agent signings honestly to date can’t say with certainty that this team has gotten better, outside of the Likely and punter Jordan Stout signings.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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There are certainly areas for all parties to improve, Hernandez said.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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These certainly aren’t the only proposals candidates have on the topic, or all the candidates who are running for governor, but rather just some of the ideas floated to voters recently.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This time Duke led 38-34 at the half, although TCU actually took a 40-38 lead in the first four minutes of the second half.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
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The announcement this week from City Hall in our most American of cities tied itself in knots trying to avoid celebrating what it actually was supposed to be celebrating.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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For one of the busiest men on this planet, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sure has spent a lot of time talking this week.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Which, sure, isn't that much later in the year.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Or, indeed, how many musical notes?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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At present, scramjet engine development is one of the hardest engineering problems to solve, so any boost to that will be very useful indeed.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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With a lot of pressure on A&M to perform after a down year in 2025, relying on a true freshman at a critical position is definitely a gamble.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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That said, the clear majority of your training–definitely greater than 50%–should be done at a slow pace, Hamilton says.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Forsooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forsooth. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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