Indeed

Definition: Indeed

Indeed

Adverb

1. In truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may still come"; "he did so do it!".

2. (used as an interjection to express surprise or skepticism or irony etc.) "Wants to marry the butler? Indeed!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "indeed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Indeed \In*deed"\, adverb. [Prep. in deed.]. (references)

Synonym: Indeed

Affirmation

As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.

Assent

Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch.

Existence

Adverb: actually; Adjective: in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto.

Greatness

Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely.

Truth

Adverb: truly; Adjective: verily, indeed, really, in reality; with truth; (veracity); certainly; (certain); actually; (existence); in effect; (intrinsically).

Wonder

Interjection: lo, lo and behold! O! heyday! halloo! what! indeed! really! surely! humph! hem! good lack, good heavens, gad so! welladay! dear me! only think! lackadaisy! my stars, my goodness! gracious goodness! goodness gracious! mercy on us! heavens and earth! God bless me! bless us, bless my heart! odzookens! O gemini! adzooks! hoity-toity! strong! Heaven save the mark, bless the mark! can such things be! zounds! 'sdeath! what on earth, what in the world! who would have thought it!; (inexpectation); you don't say so! You're kidding!. No kidding? what do you say to that! nous verrons! how now! where am I?

Crosswords: Indeed

You are indeed brave, sir knight, but the fight is mine (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Alas indeed, for I thought you the highest poet of my esteem and writter of plays that capture my heart (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

It has been, as you say, very bad indeed. (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

'Built by faith', indeed! That simply means the workers weren't paid properly (A Room with a View; writing credit: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. based on the novel by E.M. Forster.)

Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

I truly am indeed Alone again, naturally (Alone Again (Naturally); performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

Yes indeed ("Tutti Frutti"; performing artist: Little Richard)

I need not your needles, they're needless to me; for kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see; but did my neat knickers but need to be kneed, I then should have need of your needles indeed. (references; author: unknown)

A Friend Indeed (1912)

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Books

• A Friend Indeed (reference)

• A Friend Indeed (Small Wonder Series) (reference)

• Free Indeed (reference)

• Getting Unstuck: Girl to Girl, You Can Be Infected Indeed (reference)

• God Indeed!: A Study of God's Sovereignty as It Relates to Various Church Doctrines and Practices (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Friend Indeed - English Ed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Yes Indeed [BOX SET] (reference)

• Yes Indeed! (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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A meal as appetizing as this one may prove memorable indeed, especially if your memory is jogged by the new food-survey techniques described in the cover story, entitled, "Was It A Slab, a Slice, or a Sliver?" P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Peggy Greb..

The Two Happiest Men Alive : A Friend in need is a Friend indeed / [William Heath]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Yes indeed, Ben, it was quite right for him. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yes, indeed, travel does broaden one : was that the dinner-bell?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Virginia Woolf : indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. Credit: Library of Congress.

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And indeed it was a foolish thing, as well as dishonest, to hoard up more than he could make use of. (Second Treatise of Government)

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. (reference)

This person must, indeed, be swept out of the way, and made impossible. (reference)

Indeed, it was at Westminster that I received a very large part of my education in politics, dialectic, rhetoric, and one or two other things. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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Indeed I do you justice, my good friend

Came to the conclusion that it was a very difficult game indeed.

Indeed, the Spirit did not stay for anything, but went straight on, as to the end just now desired, until besought by Scrooge to tarry for a moment

He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament

The scaffold, indeed, when it is prepared and set up, has the effect of a hallucination

That was indeed goodness

Happy, indeed, as we have spent the day.

Indeed his position was eminent, for Uncle John moved sideways, leaving space between Pa and himself for the preacher

There is indeed another custom, which I cannot altogether approve of.

Indeed, they sometimes dive below this line, as it were by mistake, and are undeceived

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Health

Indeed, it appears to have become the treatment of choice for many of these patients. (references)

Investigators are now exploring whether the scavengers may indeed delay or prevent the disease. (references)

Indeed, some are already being implemented by health departments and community-based organizations. (references)

Business

COFETEL claims that in an implicit way it is indeed regulated. (references)

Indeed, Romania has the capability for designing and erecting complete plants. (references)

A niche market can indeed be created from a dead market if the product is special. (references)

Economic History

Norway

Indeed, sales are expected to rise. (references)

Jamaica

The government of Jamaica welcomes, indeed encourages, foreign investment. (references)

Zambia

Indeed, several tax advantages exist for companies that list shares on the LuSE. (references)

Political Economy

MEXICO

Indeed, Mexican banks charge as much as $1,500 to open cash accounts and $250 for each transaction. (references)

Ireland

Though not legally binding on the parties, the Partnership Programs have indeed established a general framework for wages in the Irish economy. (references)

Western Sahara

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have stated that Morocco indeed has released all Polisario former combatants. (references)

Trade

India

Shipping parts for repair requires clearance from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and then, Customs verification, that these parts were indeed originally imported. (references)

China

Indeed, China's anti-dumping procedures (for instance, China's methods of calculating prices and injury) appear incompatible with some aspects of the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement. (references)

Switzerland

Indeed, cartels had been playing a significant anti-competitive role until the introduction of the new Swiss Cartel Law in June 1995. The law aimed, in particular, at breaking up so-called hard cartels which included price fixing and/or territorial and quantity allocations. (references)

Travel

Korea

Indeed, one of the fundamental principles of the Korean language is based on the plethora of verb endings which indicate the level of respect accorded to another person. (references)

Worker Rights

Afghanistan

There was no evidence that authorities in any part of the country enforced labor laws, if such laws indeed existed, relating to the employment of children. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "indeed": a friend in need is a friend indeed ♦ indeed no! ♦ indeed yes! ♦ very much indeed. Additional references.

Beginning with "indeed": indeed-my.

Ending with "indeed": career-indeed, frenetic-indeed, high-indeed, mechanization-indeed, shells-indeed, toilet-training-indeed, under-indeed, war-indeed.

Afrikaans

werklik (absolutely, genuinely, genuinly, really, true, truly), tog (accordingly, certainly, consequently, rather, so, surely, then, therefore), sowaar (absolutely, actually, genuinely, genuinly, in fact, really, truly), rektig (absolutely, genuinely, genuinly, really, truly), regtig (genuinely, really, truly), darem (absolutely, genuinely, genuinly, really, truly). (various references)

Albanian

në të vërtetë (actually, as a matter of fact, authentically, de facto, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in sooth, virtually). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في الواقع (actually, as a matter of fact, as good as, by sheer force, de facto, factually, fundamentally, in effect, in fact, rather, reality, really, truly, truth), ‏فعلا (actually, quite, truly), ‏حقا (actually, amen, justly, properly, really, rightly, truly), ‏صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, exact, faithful, hale, honest, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), ‏أكيد (assured, doubtless, naturally, sure, surely), ‏بالفعل, ‏بالتاكيد (obviously, of course, point blank, surely, undoubtedly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хайде де (really), как не (quotha, sez-you), всъщност (actually, in reality, practically, properly speaking, really, substantially, virtually), нещо повече (besides, furthermore, nay, yea), наистина (actually, all right, for real, forsooth, in all verity, in sooth, real, really, sure, sure enough, surely, true, truly, verily, yea), ами (quotha, why), дори (even, nay), действително (actually, really, sure enough), даже (even, nay, yet). (various references)

Catalan

veritablement (absolutely, genuinely, really, truly). (various references)

Chinese 

的確 (really), 的确, 確實 (real, really, reliable, true), 竟 (actually, to go so far as to, unexpectedly), 果真 (really), 委 (crooked, give up, to commission). (various references)

Czech

opravdu (actually, genuinely, in fact, really, sincerely, so, sure enough, truly). (various references)

Danish

faktisk (actually, as a matter of fact, genuinely, in fact, really, truly). (various references)

Dutch

wel (admittedly, all right, although, certainly, fountain, now, probably, quite, rather, rather allright, source, spring, surely, though, untranslated, well, well then, well-being), metterdaad (absolutely, actually, as a matter of fact, in fact), inderdaad (absolutely, actually, as a matter of fact, genuinely, genuinly, in fact, really, truly). (various references)

Esperanto

vere (absolutely, genuinly, really, truly), reale (genuinely, really, truly), ja (certainly, rather, surely), fakte (in fact). (various references)

Estonian

ongi (is indeed). (various references)

Faeroese

veruliga (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact), tá ið samanum kemur (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact), í grundini (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact). (various references)

Farsi 

فی الواقع , همانا (Certainly), هراینه , واقعا (Bodily, Quite, Really, Simply, Verily), حقیقتا (Simply, Verily), اره راستی , راستی (Integrity, Probity, Really, Rectitude, Sooth, Troth, Truth, Veracity, Verity), درواقع , براستی (Sooth, Troth, Verily). (various references)

Finnish

tosiaan, todellakin (really), onpa tosiaankin (it certainly is, yes), kyllä (certainly, kiitos, please, yes), jopahan nyt (well, you don't say), jopa (even), han (certainly, rather, surely, why). (various references)

Flemish

wel. (various references)

French

vraiment, certes. (various references)

Frisian

winliken (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact), feitlik (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, factual, in fact, real). (various references)

German

tatsächlich (absolutely, actual, actually, as a matter of fact, defacto, effective, genuinely, in fact, objectively, practical, real, really, true, truly, virtual), allerdings (admittedly, certainly, mind you, rather, surely, though), zwar (although, certainly, namely, rather, surely, though, to be sure, true, viz.), wirklich (absolutely, actual, factual, genuine, genuinely, intrinsic, intrinsically, just, literally, objective, objectively, positively, practical, proper, quite, real, really, substantial, sure enough, true, truly), wahrlich (absolutely, certainly, definitely, forsooth, genuinely, really, sooth, Truly, verily), in der tat (actually, in fact). (various references)

Greek 

πράγματι (actually, defacto, quite, really, sure enough). (various references)

Hawaiian

në të vërtetë (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact). (various references)

Hebrew 

אמנם (surely, truly), אך (but, however, just, only), אכן (granted, however, nevertheless, yes), אבל (but, desolate, funereal, however, lamenter, mourner, mournful, only), הכי (is it because of, most, the most, thus). (various references)

Hungarian

tényleg (genuinely, in all conscience, in effect, in reality, positively, really, truly), valóban (certes, forsooth, in all conscience, in deed, in earnest, in point of fact, in reality, really, true, truly, verily, very much indeed), csakugyan (forsooth). (various references)

Indonesian

sungguh-sungguh (earnest, sincerely), memang (absolutely, admittedly, certainly), bahwasanya (that, truly), bahkan (even, in fact, moreover, on the contrary). (various references)

Irish

m'anam (my soul; indeed). (various references)

Italian

infatti (absolutely, as a matter of fact, genuinely, genuinly, in effect, in fact, really, truly), davvero (absolutely, earnest, genuinely, genuinly, really, so it does, so it is, sure, truly), veramente (actual, actually, downright, effective, forsooth, in fact, rather, real, really, truly), di fatto (actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, in fact). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

誠に　 (absolutely, really), 誠に (absolutely, really), 道理で (it's no wonder), 千万 (a great many, exceedingly, myriad, ten million, very many, very much), 成程 (I see, That's right!), 佐様 (like that, of that kind, such, well..., yes), 何様 (extremely, how, to be sure, truly, what kind), 全く (completely, entirely, perfectly, really, truly, wholly), 実に (surely, truly), 如何にも (phrase meaning agreement, really). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なにさま (extremely, how, to be sure, truly, what kind), なるほど (I see, That's right!), まったく (completely, entirely, perfectly, really, truly, wholly), まことに (absolutely, actually, really, truly), さよう (action, effect, function, like that, of that kind, operation, so, such, that's right, well..., yes), どうりで (it's no wonder), せんばん (a great many, exceedingly, first move, lathe, precedence, very many, very much), いかにも (phrase meaning agreement, really), じつに (surely, truly), ちよろず (a great many, exceedingly, very many, very much). (various references)

Korean 

참으로. (various references)

Manx

lioar t'eh, jeer (actually, truly, verily), dy jarroo (actually, decidedly, explicitly, rather). (various references)

Norwegian

sannelig, riktig nok, ja visst. (various references)

Papiamen

realmente (genuinely, really, truly). (various references)

Pig Latin

indeeday.(various references)

Polish

wszak (certainly, rather, surely), rzeczywiście (absolutely, actually, genuinely, in fact, really, truly), przecież (certainly, rather, surely), faktycznie (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact). (various references)

Portuguese

deveras (absolutely, genuinly, really, truly), verdadeiramente (absolutely, actually, forsooth, genuinly, naturally, real, really, surely, truly, verily), certamente (all right, aright, by all means, certainly, naturally, sure, surely). (various references)

Romanian

într-adevãr (forsooth, in good sooth, in sooth, in truth, quite, really, verily). (various references)

Russian 

в самом деле (really), неужели, на самом деле (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, really), действительно (actually, for fair, in point of fact, really). (various references)

Scottish

rìreadh (actually, truly), gu dearbh (absolutely, certainly, genuinely, really, truly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zbilja (really), zaista (matter of fact, really, sooth: in sooth, though, truly, verily), uistinu (truly), u stvari (effect: in effect, matter of fact). (various references)

Spanish

verdaderamente (absolutely, correctly, genuinely, genuinly, properly, quite, really, rightfully, truly), en realidad (absolutely, actually, as a matter of fact, genuinely, genuinly, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, in sooth, really, truly), en efecto (absolutely, actually, genuinely, genuinly, in effect, in fact, really, truly), de veras (absolutely, actual, actually, genuinely, genuinly, in earnest, objective, real, really, truly). (various references)

Swedish

verkligen (actually, greatly, honest injun, intrinsically, just, oh, positively, properly, quite, really, sure, truly), sannerligen (absolutely, genuinely, in sooth, really, truly, verily, veritably), minsann (sure enough, surely). (various references)

Tahitian

ia (when). (various references)

Thai

อย่างแท้จริง (easily, literally, simply, sincerely). (various references)

Turkish

gerçekten (actually, by my troth, for real, forsooth, genuinely, honest, honest injun, honestly, in fact, in point of fact, in sooth, in troth, in very deed, it's no joke, of a verity, quite, real, really, regularly, sure enough, true, truly, yea, yes indeed), doğrusu (actually, as a matter of fact, frankly, frankly speaking, honest, honestly, in all conscience, in fact, in sooth to say, of a verity, strictly, strictly speaking, the straight of it, to tell the truth, verily), cidden (for real, in earnest, momentously, real, really, right, seriously, yes indeed), aslında (actually, at bottom, at heart, au fond, basically, essentially, in fact, in first place, in itself, in reality, in sober fact, in very deed, originally, primarily, really, substantially, verily, virtually). (various references)

Ukrainian

справді (honestly, in sooth, really, truly, verily), та ну (I say). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vậy à, thế à, thế (so, substitutional, substitutionary), thực vậy, thực mà, thực lại là thực vậy ư, quả thực (verily, verity). (various references)

Welsh

yn wir. (various references)

Zulu

eqinisweni (actually, as a matter of fact, in fact). (various references)

annae, denique, enim, enimvero, equidem, iam, iannae, immo, ne, neque, profecto, quidem, quin, quin etiam, quinimmo, quippe, sane, siquidem, vere, verene, vero. (various references)

bâ, zî. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Indeed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: idead, indea, indee, indeede, indeedie, Indeeds, indees, indef, indel, Indem, indeo, indepen, indes, indet, indide, indred, Indreled, indy, infeed, inoed, Iudaei, lndeed, ndeed, nided, rinded. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: denied.

-1 letter: diene, dined, ended, nided.

-2 letters: deed, dene, deni, died, dine, eide, need, nide.

-3 letters: dee, den, did, die, din, end, nee.

-4 letters: de, ed, en, id, in, ne.

+1 letter: deeding, defined, deigned, dizened, endited, indexed, widened.

+2 letters: bindweed, cindered, deadline, declined, dendrite, dentiled, designed, destined, detained, deveined, dezinced, engilded, engirded, friended, hindered, hoidened, impended, indebted, indented, inedited, intended, mildened, rebidden, redenied, redlined, reminded, rewinded, undenied, unedited, unideaed.

+3 letters: bedizened, bedridden, bindweeds, datelined, deadening, deadlines, defending, deionized, deleading, demimonde, demonised, demonized, dendrites, denizened, densified, depainted, depending, deraigned, destained, detrained, dezincked, dipnetted, discerned, dispended, dispensed, dissented, distended, eiderdown, embedding, enfiladed, engirdled, enkindled, evidenced, exscinded, headlined, hiddenite, intendeds, medicined, middlemen, mistended, pinheaded, reddening, redefined, reindexed, reinduced, reinvaded, rekindled, rescinded, rewedding, rewidened, sidedness, sidelined, tendriled, undecided, undefiled, undefined, underside, undesired, unimpeded, unindexed.