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 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

Leaders must honestly review past performance, confronting uncomfortable truths rather than defending old decisions.

— Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The historian Eugen Weber wrote influentially of how peasants who spoke languages like Occitan, Breton, or Basque became—or, more honestly, were made—Frenchmen.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of honestly

Adverb

Cat Cohen would love to be special, just not too special — a protagonist but not someone who actually experiences too much drama.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026
That comes as a big surprise to those of us who know the system and have actually fought Medicaid fraud.

— Dean Lerner, Washington Post, 28 July 2026

Definition of actually

Adverb

Jackson was certainly excited about that after being stepped on during an early part of 2025 training camp caused him to a miss a significant chunk of time.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Emma, on the other hand, certainly knows what that role is — now grown up and a mom herself.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

Definition of certainly

Adverb

But the one person who really set the whole endeavour in motion was Lenain’s beloved uncle Farid, a gay and HIV-positive man who passed away in 2013.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
If diversification were really the primary reason to own private equity, more capital would already be there for that reason alone.

— Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of really

Adverb

Marienlyst Strandhotel, right on the waterfront in Helsingør, is a truly wonderful escape that features sweeping views, spa indulgence, and effortless Scandi style.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
Allow August to remind you that being truly ready is just the byproduct of taking action and being in the right place at the right time.

— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of truly

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