indeed

adverb in·deed \ in-ˈdēd \

Updated on: 17 May 2018

Definition of indeed

1 : without any question : truly, undeniably —often used interjectionally to express irony or disbelief or surprise

2 : in reality

3 : all things considered : as a matter of fact

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Examples of indeed in a Sentence

I know that you can indeed do better than that.
that is not merely a reason, but is indeed the entire point

Recent Examples of indeed from the Web

Police say the family that carried out Sunday’s suicide bombings had indeed returned to Indonesia from Syria, and IS claimed responsibility for those bombings in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency.

— Washington Post, "Police HQ in Indonesia city attacked after church bombings," 14 May 2018
My first dog, indeed all my dogs, have been delightfully susceptible to it.

— eben shapiro, Time, "Jeremy Irons on Eugene O'Neill, Forgetting Lines Onstage and His Favorite Villain to Play," 14 May 2018
Now, scientists reporting today (May 10) in the journal Science have used satellite images to find that Mount Mantap indeed moved and compressed following the explosion.

— yasemin saplakoglu, Scientific American, "Nuclear Bomb Test Moved North Korea Mountain," 14 May 2018
This led the scientists to conclude that Hubble had indeed seen plumes on Europa, and Galileo must have flown near or through one.

— eric berger, Ars Technica, "Yes, Europa really is sending plumes of water into space," 14 May 2018
Heavy sanctions can indeed lead regimes to negotiate, as Iran showed in the deal that Mr Trump has now rejected.

— The Economist, "Scrapping the Iran deal won’t do anyone any good," 12 May 2018
But Trump’s America is already a civic disaster, with millions of non-conservative Americans, indeed a majority of the population, alienated by Trump’s governance.

— jeet heer, The New Republic, "How Democrats Can Over-Promise Like Trump," 11 May 2018
And as proof that this misdirection approach was indeed Miami’s strategy, the Dolphins didn’t select a quarterback in any of the draft’s six other rounds, or sign one as an undrafted rookie.

— omar kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Dolphins are comfortable with team's backup quarterbacks," 10 May 2018
The world did indeed come, and Sorenstam's arrival at Colonial remains one of the most significant in the history of a sport Finley loved.

— mac engel, star-telegram, "Former TCU, Colonial leaders created an eternal legacy in Fort Worth | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 10 May 2018

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