veritably en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɛɹɪtəbli/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈvɛɹətəbli/
Etymology
Etymology tree English veritable Middle English -ly English -ly English veritably From veritable + -ly.
Meanings
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In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something.
A book with veritably no shading or subtlety
1988 April 9, Elizabeth Pincus, “So Precious A Love”, in Gay Community News, page 7: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.
1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XIX, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 315:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more veritably | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most veritably | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (3)
es verdaderamente (in a veritable manner) · ca veritablement (in a veritable manner) · fr véritablement (in a veritable manner)