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as in honestly
to tell the truth
verily, I don't remember a single thing about that course
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2
as in indeed
not merely this but also
I shall pay back your loan and verily do so with considerable interest
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Recent Examples of verily
All the Eagles, Double Eagles, all that with the Augustus Saint-Gaudens beaux-arts designs and markings that the federal government had verily marketed to the American people for generations had to come back.
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
And yet, verily, my soul is filled with confusion.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2023
Ignore my bigotry and bad character and all the kingdoms of the Courts, from lowest to highest, will verily be yours.’ Pretty rough way to describe it.
—NBC News, 1 July 2018
If Man were meant to Fly, verily there would Be no Connections in Atlanta, Chicago, or the Sodom known as LaGuardia.
—Ashley Braun, Slate Magazine, 14 July 2017
But the whole cast is, verily, first-rate and clever.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 6 July 2017
Verily, this is what terrorists do: invade spaces that feel safe or sacred, and destroy them.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 May 2017
Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
And yet, verily, my soul is filled with confusion.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2023
Ignore my bigotry and bad character and all the kingdoms of the Courts, from lowest to highest, will verily be yours.’ Pretty rough way to describe it.
—NBC News, 1 July 2018
If Man were meant to Fly, verily there would Be no Connections in Atlanta, Chicago, or the Sodom known as LaGuardia.
—Ashley Braun, Slate Magazine, 14 July 2017
But the whole cast is, verily, first-rate and clever.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 6 July 2017
Verily, this is what terrorists do: invade spaces that feel safe or sacred, and destroy them.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verily
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And honestly, they were exposed against a much better Jays team.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Packing light comes down to strategy and, honestly, a lot of willpower.—
Kristine Thomason,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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There is still a lot more to come from Thiaw, but the early signs are very promising indeed.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The real-life Hartley did indeed disappear from La Crosse County in 1954, more than two hours from Gein's home in Waushara County.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Foundation emails obtained by the Herald show the club membership was actually under Gatlin’s name.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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But while many hiring professionals are concerned about applicants using AI in the process, one leader actually hunts for talent using the tech in application rounds.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The 500% tariff on any country buying Russia’s energy exports proposed in the Sanctioning Russia Act – introduced with bipartisan support in the US Congress but not yet brought to a vote – would certainly be one, argues Ash, an associate fellow in Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia program.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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As an actor, Fabrizio was certainly the right person.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The only people who write him letters are serial killers who adore him, especially serial killers who were portrayed on the Netflix series Mindhunter (which Monster, for some reason, takes a swipe at with a frankly exhausting, metatextual parody).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In the battle of the maybe-dueling Safdie brothers, Josh Safdie definitely had a better week than his brother Benny Safdie, even if the competition in the Best Director category could still leave the Marty Supreme filmmaker just outside the eventual top five contenders.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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That's definitely a big part of the premise.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Microphone Deal The Razer Seiren Mini is a simple-to-use microphone for streaming or podcasting that actually sounds really good.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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There’ve been some really, really nice artists who’ve told me about their lives and given me advice, but the people who’ve helped me the most navigating all this have been my family.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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In an effort to truly stop the bullying, Disley approached school administrators.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The fact that an artist will do so in a language that has become a global musical unifier is truly the highest form of flattery.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Verily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verily. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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