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veritably, adv.|ˈvɛrɪtəblɪ| [f. veritable a. + -ly2.] In a veritable manner; with truth or verity; truly, truthfully; genuinely, really.
1481Caxton Godfrey cxliii. 214 The nombre of them that were slayn was neuer verytably knowen. a1513Fabyan Chron. i. xxiii. 18 Kymarchus y⊇ sone of Secilius, as some wryters haue, but more veritably as sayth y⊇ olde Cronycle, the brother of Iago was made ruler of Brytayne. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 927 Veritably, veritablement. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 25 b, They esteeme many things by figure and fanticie, but few veritably and vprightly.
1804A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 143 All possible hazard may be precluded, by observing more veritably to the youthful reader, that [etc.]. 1875Poste Gaius ii. (ed. 2) 237 Veritably afterborn, that is to say born after their father has made his will. |