veritably

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Etymology

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From veritable +‎ -ly.

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veritably (comparative more veritably, superlative most veritably)

  1. In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something.
    • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, [], published October 1861, →OCLC:
      My comfort was, that it happened a long time ago, and that he had doubtless been transported a long way off, and that he was dead to me, and might be veritably dead into the bargain.
    • 1988 April 9, Elizabeth Pincus, “So Precious A Love”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
      A book with veritably no shading or subtlety

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