indeed en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈdid/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈdiːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
From Middle English indede, univerbation of the phrase in dede (“in sooth, in fact”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian innerdoat, innedoat (“indeed”), West Frisian yndied (“indeed”), Dutch inderdaad (“indeed”), German in der Tat (“indeed”). By surface analysis, in + deed. Compare in fact, in truth, etc. First attested in the early 14ᵗʰ century.
Meanings
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(modal, not-comparable) Synonym of actually or truly.
Indeed, he made several misplays.
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria,[…].
2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:Yes, I do indeed look very similar to you.
I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time that he wore kilts. But I see that I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed, she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
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(after the adjective modified, not-comparable, qualifier:degree) In fact.
As a soccer player, he is terrible indeed.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| endeed | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| indeedy | Canada, US, alternative, regional | lexicographic |
Deriveds
a friend in need is a friend indeed · indeedie
Synonyms
Translations (107)
nb så visst (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · cmn 實際上 /实际上 (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · pt mesmo (degree: in fact) · cmn 的確 /的确 (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fi todella (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb så sannelig (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · es sí que (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · rsk справди (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fr certainement (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb egentlig (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · eo vere (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn sanneleg (degree: in fact) · bg наистина (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · lv īstenībā (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn utvilsamt (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ru несомне́нно (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · rsk наисце (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ru пра́вда (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · cs opravdu (degree: in fact) · ru действи́тельно (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · lv patiešām (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · got 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · sjd зоа̄бэль (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · bg действително (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · esu ilumun (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · pl w istocie (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · cs opravdu (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ro într-adevăr (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nl echt (degree: in fact) · pt de fato (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb jammen (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nl bepaald (degree: in fact) · pl naprawdę (degree: in fact) · cs vskutku (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · mk баш (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · uk ді́йсно (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · he אכן (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · pl w rzeczy samej (degree: in fact) · nl daadwerkelijk (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · eo ja (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn verkeleg (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb virkelig (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · mi iara (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · mk навистина (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · lv patiesībā (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · pt realmente (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · gd gu dearbh (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · el πράγματι (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · de in der Tat (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · pl naprawdę (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fi tosiaan (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ba ысынлап та (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · pl zaiste (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn så visst (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · uk спра́вді (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · da sandelig (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · grc οὖν (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ca en efecte (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ru то́чно (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · cs jistě (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · da søreme (degree: in fact) · hu valóban (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb utvilsomt (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fr en effet (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · it infatti (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · pl w rzeczy samej (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb faktisk (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · it davvero (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb virkelig (degree: in fact) · it realmente (degree: in fact) · pt realmente (degree: in fact) · nb i grunnen (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fi toden totta (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · da sandhed (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · lv faktiski (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ca efectivament (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn eigenleg (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · sjd оаштэ (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · cmn 確實 /确实 (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nl inderdaad (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · id memang (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · io fakte (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · sv minsann (degree: in fact) · txb ṣñikek (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · la quidem (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fi todella (degree: in fact) · mi koa (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn i grunnen (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · da søreme (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn så sanneleg (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn faktisk (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nn verkeleg (degree: in fact) · nn jammen (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · ru коне́чно (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · nb sannelig (degree: in fact) · cmn 事實上 /事实上 (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · id memang (degree: in fact) · got 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · sv sannerligen (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fi oikeasti (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · sv minsann (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · el όντως (degree: in fact) · ru в са́мом де́ле (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · el όντως (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · it effettivamente (degree: in fact) · ca certament (modal: truly; in fact; actually) · fr vraiment (modal: truly; in fact; actually)