verily

English

WOTD – 25 October 2010

Etymology

From Middle English verraily, from verray (“true, very”) + -ly. More at very, -ly.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹ.əl.i/, /ˈvɛɹ.ɪ.li/
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Adverb

verily (not comparable) (archaic)

truly, doubtlessly, in truth
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, John 13:21:
  
  When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
confidently, certainly

Synonyms

(truly): soothly (obsolete), truly
(confidently): certainly, confidently, wis (obsolete)

Translations

truly, doubtlessly

Arabic: إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna)
Danish: sandelig
Esperanto: vere
Finnish: varmasti (fi)
French: vraiment (fr), véritablement (fr), sans aucun doute (fr), absolument (fr), indubitablement (fr), sans le moindre doute, en vérité (fr)
Galician: abofé (gl)
German: wahrlich (de)
Greek: αληθώς (el) (alithós)
Ancient: ἀληθῶς (alēthôs)
Hebrew: אמן‎ (he) (amén)
Italian: veramente (it), davvero (it)

Latin: vērē (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sannelig
Persian: همانا‎ (fa) (hamânâ), هراینه‎ (har-âyene) (bookish), به‌راستی‎ (be-râsti), حقیقتاً‎ (fa) (haqiqatan)
Polish: zaprawdę (pl), zaiste (pl), doprawdy (pl)
Portuguese: verdadeiramente
Russian: и́стинно (ru) (ístinno)
Spanish: verdaderamente (es), de verdad, de veras, realmente (es), sin duda alguna
Swahili: kweli (sw)
Tok Pisin: tru

confidently, certainly

Esperanto: certe (eo)
Finnish: varmasti (fi)
French: certainement (fr), assurément (fr)
German: gewiss (de), natürlich (de), sicher (de)
Greek: βεβαίως (el) (vevaíos)

Italian: certamente (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sikkert (no), visselig (no)
Russian: уве́ренно (ru) (uvérenno)
Spanish: ciertamente (es), por supuesto (es)

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