Thesaurus results for VERILY

verily

adverb

ˈver-ə-lē

Definition of verily

as in honestly

to tell the truth verily, I don't remember a single thing about that course

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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 National Nights Out popped up all over Northwest Indiana Tuesday night, and Hobart’s has grown verily over the last five years, said Andrea Graciano, the police department’s vicitm services coordinator who put on the event with Sarah Martin. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 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. — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 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

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Adverb

One of the strongest films of the year — in years, honestly — stars 2026 MVP Sandra Hüller as a 17th-century German soldier who’s survived a bullet to the face and disfigurement around the end of the Thirty Years War.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
Utilize self-assessments to highlight contributions with concrete details and honestly address growth areas, demonstrating self-awareness.

— Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of honestly

Adverb

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe indeed came up with a fun, clever premise…and then apparently just decided to stop trying there; everything else about the series is totally lackluster.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Nancy Reagan, fearful of losing her husband, did indeed consult an astrologer after Reagan was shot.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of indeed

Adverb

Depicting Washington on horseback during the Revolutionary War, the original monument has been there since 1904, and is actually a replica of one gifted to France.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
The pre-snap options might actually be too complicated for some players.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of actually

Adverb

One root of these problems, Fersko-Weiss believed, was an inability to communicate frankly about what death and dying entailed.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Over 100 landowners have denied power company surveyors access to their property, again demonstrating Maryland’s tenacity against harmful development which, frankly, no one asked for.

— Adrianne Fantasia, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of frankly

Adverb

But keeping their promotion rivals at bay most definitely was, Parkinson’s men conceding 24 times in those dozen games, 16 of which came on Welsh soil.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Blanco Gran Reserva Ask any collector about Spanish wines and the name Faustino will definitely come up in the conversation.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of definitely

Adverb

People think of intimacy in a romantic sense, but the relationships artists have with the people in their corner in the industry is also really intimate.

— Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
These types of conversations help teens feel understood and strengthen trust, while uncovering more about what is really driving the desire to change up their look.

— Liz Regalia, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of really

Adverb

But the only way that truly would have been the case would have been if Beal took the minimum elsewhere.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
But there’s a case to be made for visiting in late summer or early fall, before the temperatures truly plummet and after the crowds thin out a little.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

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