Veritably

//ˈvɛɹɪtəbli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something.

    "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."

Example

More examples

"Imagine that you are veritably a bad poet."

Etymology

From veritable + -ly.

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