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Definitions: Verily |
VerilyAdverb1. (archaic) truly or confidentially; "I verily think so". 2. In truth; beyond doubt or question; "trust in the Lord...and verily thou shalt be fed"- Ps 37:3. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "verily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Verily \Ver"i*ly\, adverb. [From Very.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Truth | Adverb: truly; Adjective: verily, indeed, really, in reality; with truth; (veracity); certainly; (certain); actually; (existence); in effect; (intrinsically). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Verily |
| English words defined with "verily": Certes ♦ In deed ♦ Pardie, Parfay ♦ Soothly ♦ Verrayment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "verily": Loaves and Fishes. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "verily": Soothly. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yea, verily, we are married merrily though at first warily, and unfortunately quite sterilely. (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney) Verily, the work does not end with the abolition of slavery, but only begins. (The Civil War; writing credit: Ken Burns; Ric Burns) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Mohammed | Verily the best of women are those who are content with little. |
The Koran | As for him who voluntarily performeth a good work, verily God is grateful and knowing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Verily, the Theory looked gloomy for Arthur! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Verily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 92.00% of the time. "Verily" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 92% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 8% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
verily | 6 |
verily verily | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "verily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vërtet (actually, fairly, genuinely, indeed, literally, properly, really, truly, yeah, ywis), me të vërtetë (indeed, truly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | من غير ريب (absolutely, alright, assuredly, decidedly, distinctly, easily, of course, really, sure, surely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | наистина (actually, all right, for real, forsooth, in all verity, in sooth, indeed, real, really, sure, sure enough, surely, true, truly, yea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 實在 (concrete, honestly, in reality, really). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | jistì (assuredly, certainly, definitely, easily, for certain, of course, sure, surely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مین , هرینه , واقعا (Bodily, Indeed, Quite, Really, Simply), حقیقتا (Indeed, Simply), براستی (Indeed, Sooth, Troth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en vérité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wahrlich (absolutely, certainly, definitely, forsooth, genuinely, indeed, really, sooth, truly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αληθώσ (forsooth, indeed, truly, truthfuly, veritably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | valóban (certes, forsooth, in all conscience, in deed, in earnest, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, really, true, truly, very much indeed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | in verit (forsooth, indeed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeer (actually, indeed, truly), dy jarroo firrinagh (indubitably), dy firrinagh focklagh (in truth), dy firrinagh (candidly, really, true, truly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erilyvay verdadeiramente (absolutely, actually, forswear, genuinly, indeed, naturals, real, really, surely, truly), na verdade (indeed, really, yea), na realidade (actually, as a matter of privacy, in reality, of no effect, really, substantially), de fato (de facto, indeed, naturally, really, surely, yea). (various references) cu sinceritate (freely, sincerely), într-adevãr (forsooth, in good sooth, in sooth, in truth, indeed, quite, really). (various references) истинно (truly). (various references) vaistinu, zaista (indeed, matter of fact, really, sooth: in sooth, though, truly), neosporno (professedly, questionless), bez sumnje (doubtless). (various references) en verdad (forsooth). (various references) sannerligen (absolutely, genuinely, in sooth, indeed, really, truly, veritably), i sanning (forsooth). (various references) gerçekte (actually, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in practice, in reality, in sober fact, in sooth, in sooth to say, in very deed, practically, substantially, virtually), doğrusu (actually, as a matter of fact, frankly, frankly speaking, honest, honestly, in all conscience, in fact, in sooth to say, indeed, of a verity, strictly, strictly speaking, the straight of it, to tell the truth), 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, indeed, originally, primarily, really, substantially, virtually). (various references) справді (honestly, in sooth, indeed, really, truly), амінь (amen). (various references) quả thực (indeed, verity), đích thực (proper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amen, annae, iannae, ne, neque, quin. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | verray. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de apokriqeiV eipen amhn legw umin ouk oida umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | At ille respondens ait amen dico vobis nescio vos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa andswerede he heom & cwæð. Soð ic eow segge ne can ic eow. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he answeride, and seide, Treuli Y seie to you, Y knowe you not. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But he answered and sayde: verely I saye vnto you: I knowe not you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But he answered and said, Verily I say to you, I know you not. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 12 |
| Bulgarian | А той в отговор рече: Истина ви казвам: Не ви познавам. |
| Cebuano | Apan siya mitubag nga nag-ingon, `Sa pagka tinuod, magaingon ako kaninyo, nga wala ako makaila kaninyo.` |
| Chinese | 他 卻 回 " 說 、 我 實 在 告 訴 們 、 我 不 認 識 們 。 |
| Croatian | A on im odgovori: 'Zaista kažem vam, ne poznam vas!' |
| Danish | Men han svarede og sagde: Sandelig, siger jeg eder, jeg kender eder ikke. |
| Dutch | En hij, antwoordende, zeide: Voorwaar zeg ik u: Ik ken u niet. |
| Finnish | Mutta hän vastasi ja sanoi: `Totisesti minä sanon teille: minä en tunne teitä`. |
| French | Mais il répondit: Je vous le dis en vérité, je ne vous connais pas. |
| German | Er antwortete aber und sprach: Wahrlich ich sage euch: Ich kenne euch nicht. |
| Haitian Creole | Men msye marye a reponn yo: Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: m' pa konnen nou. |
| Hungarian | Õ pedig felelvén, monda: Bizony mondom néktek, nem ismerlek titeket. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi pengantin laki-laki itu menjawab, 'Aku tidak mengenal kalian!'" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi ia menjawab serta berkata: Sesungguhnya aku berkata kepadamu: Tiada aku kenal kamu. |
| Italian | Ma egli rispose: In verit vi dico: non vi conosco. |
| Korean | 대 답 하 여 가 로 되 진 실 로 너 희 에 게 이 르 노 니 내 가 너 희 를 알 지 못 하 노 라 하 였 느 니 라 |
| Latvian | Bet viòð atbildçja un sacîja: Patiesi es jums saku: es jûs nepazîstu. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh dreggyr eshyn as dooyrt eh, Dy firrinagh ta mee gra riu, nagh voddym goaill riu. |
| Maori | Na ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, Kahore ahau e mohio ki a koutou. |
| Modern Greek | Ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν· Αληθως σας λεγω, δεν σας γνωριζω. |
| Norwegian | Men han svarte og sa: Sannelig sier jeg eder: Jeg kjenner eder ikke. |
| Portuguese | Ele, porém, respondeu: Em verdade vos digo, não vos conheço. |
| Rumanian | Dar el, drept rqspuns, le -a zis: ,Adevqrat vq spun, cq nu vq cunosc!` |
| Russian | пО ЦЕ УЛБЪБМ ЙН Ч ПФЧЕФ: ЙУФЙООП ЗПЧПТА ЧБН: ОЕ ЪОБА ЧБУ. |
| Shuar | `Tu untsumainiakui nu uunt kajerak chichak "Cha, ¿Yátsukaitrum? Penké nékatsjarme" tiarmai." |
| Spanish | Pero él respondiendo dijo: "De cierto os digo que no os conozco." |
| Swahili | Lakini yeye akawajibu, `Nawaambieni kweli, siwajui ninyi."` |
| Swedish | Men han svarade och sade: 'Sannerligen säger jag eder: Jag känner eder icke.' |
| Thai | ฝ่ายท่านตอบว่า `เราบอกความจริงแก่ท่านทั้งหลายว่า เราไม่รู้จักท่าน' |
| Ukrainian | 'ін же в відповідь їм проказав: Поправді кажу вам, не знаю я вас! |
| Uma | "Na'uli' topemua': `Uma-koi ku'incai.'" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Verily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Herlihy, nervily, varily, veray, veri, verial, veril, verile, verl, Versilia, vezirlik, viril, virily, voily, vril. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "verily" (pronounced 'Ver"i*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly, Acromegaly, Acronycally, Acrostically, Actionably, Actively, Actually, Acutely, Adaptly, Additionally, Adequately, Adherently, Adhesively, Adjacently, Adjectivally, Adjectively, Adjunctively, Adjunctly, Admirably, Admittedly, Adorably, Adoringly, Adorningly, Adroitly, Adulterously, Advantageously, Adventurously, Adverbially, Adversely, Advisably, Advisedly, Aerially, Affably, Affectedly, Affectingly, Affectionately, Affectively, Affirmatively, Afflictively, Affluently, Affrightedly, Affrontedly, Affrontingly, Agamically, Agedly, Aggravatingly, Aggregately, Agilely, Agitatedly, Agonistically, Agonizingly, Agreeably, Agreeingly, Airily, Alacriously, Alarmedly, Alchemically, Alertly, Algebraically, Alimentally, Allenarly, Allodially, Allopathically, Allowably, Allowedly, Allusively, Almightily, Alphabetically, Alterably, Alternately, Alternatively, Amatorially, Amazedly, Ambidextrously, Ambiguously, Ambitiously, Amblingly, Ambrosially, Amenably, Amiably, Amicably, Amorously, Amphibiously, Amphiboly, Amphitheatrically, Amply, Anacamptically, Analogically, Analytically, Anatomically, Ancestorially, Anciently, Angelically, Angerly, Angrily, Angularly, Animally, Animatedly, Anniversarily, Annually, Anomalistically, Anomalously, Anomaly, Anonymously, Answerably, Antecedently, Anteriorly, Antichristianly, Anticly, Antiquely, Antiseptically, Antithetically, Anxiously, Apathetically, Apertly, Aphoristically, Apishly, Apocalyptically, Apocryphally, Apologetically, Apostolically, Apparently, Appearingly, Appellatively, Applicatorily, Appliedly, Appreciatingly, Apprehensively, Appropriately, Approvedly, Approximately, Appulsively, Aptly, Arbitrarily, Archetypally, Archly, Arcuately, Ardently, Arduously, Argutely, Arithmetically, Arrantly, Arrogantly, Artfully, Articularly, Articulately, Artificially, Artlessly, Artly, Asexually, Ashamedly, ASSEMBLY, Assistantly, Assumably, Assumedly, Assuredly, Astatically, Astonishedly, Astringently, Atmospherically, Atomically, Attemperly, Attently, Attributively, Audaciously, Audibly, Augustly, Auricularly, Austerely, Authentically, Authenticly, Authorly, Autogenously, Automatically, Autoptically, Auxiliarly, Avaiably, Aversely, Avidiously, Avisely, Awfully, Awkly, Axially, Axiomatically, Backwardly, Badly, Baggily, Bakingly, Baldly, Balefully, Balkingly, Balmily, Baptismally, Barbarously, Barefacedly, Barely, Barometrically, Barrenly, Barruly, Basely, Bashfully, Bastardly, Bawdily, Bayardly, Beamily, Beamingly, Beastly, Becomingly, Befittingly, Behovely, Bellicosely, Belligerently, Beneficently, Beneficially, Benignly, Beseemly, Besottingly, Bestially, Biblically, Bibulously, Biennially, Bifariously, Bigly, Bigotedly, Billy, Bindingly, Binocularly, Bitingly, Bitterly, Blackguardly, Blackly, Blamelessly, Blandly, Blankly, Blasphemously, Blatantly, Blessedly, Blightingly, Blindly, Blithely, Blolly, Bloodily, Bloomingly, Bluely, Blunderingly, Bluntly, Blushingly, Blusteringly, Boastingly, Bobfly, Boilingly, Boisterously, Boldly, Bonnily, Booly, botchedly, botcherly, Botfly, Bouncingly, Bowingly, Boyishly, Braggingly, Bragly, Brainsickly, Brambly, Bravely, Bravingly, Brawlingly, Brazenly, Breathlessly, Brenningly, Briefly, Brightly, Brilliantly, Briskly, Bristly, Brittlely, Broadly, Brokenly, Brokerly, Brutally, Brutely, Bubbly, Buffoonly, Bunglingly, Burglariously, Burly, Busily, Butcherly, Butterfly, Buzzingly, Cabalistically, Calmly, Camously, Candidly, Cankeredly, Cannibally, Cannily, Canonically, Capaciosly, Capitally, Capitularly, Captiously, Carefully, Carelessly, Caressingly, Carnally, Carousingly, Cartographically, Casually, Catchfly, Catechetically, Categorically, Catholicly, Causatively, Caustically, Causticily, Cautiously, Cavalierly, Cavally, Cavilingly, Celestially, Centennially, Centrally, Ceremonially, Ceremoniously, Certainly, Chanceably, Chandlerly, Changeably, Chaotically, Chargeably, Charily, Charitably, Chastely, Cheaply, Cheerfully, Cheerily, Cheeringly, Chely, Chemically, Chidingly, Chiefly, Childishly, Chimerically, Chirpingly, Chirurgeonly, Chivalrously, Choicely, Cholericly, Chorally. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: livery, livyer. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-r-v-y" | |
-1 letter: ervil, liver, livre, riley, viler. | |
-2 letters: evil, levy, lier, lire, live, lyre, rely, riel, rile, rive, veil, very, vier, vile, virl. | |
-3 letters: ire, ivy, lei, lev, ley, lie, lye, rei, rev, rye, vie. | |
-4 letters: el, er, li, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-r-v-y" | |
+1 letter: devilry, livyers, nervily, silvery, virelay. | |
+2 letters: delivery, deviltry, fervidly, overwily, silverly, valkyrie, variedly, virelays, virilely. | |
+3 letters: cursively, diversely, furtively, inversely, liveryman, liverymen, overlying, privately, restively, servilely, servility, valkyries, veeringly, veritably, villagery, virulency. | |
+4 letters: abortively, abrasively, aversively, cavalierly, coercively, creatively, crescively, curatively, derisively, eruptively, feverishly, grievously, overflying, overlaying, overplying, oversimply, previously, primevally, reactively, redelivery, relatively, relativity, relievedly, replevying, reversibly, rivetingly, rotatively, shrievalty, sportively, vertically, viperously, virulently, viscerally, waveringly. | |
+5 letters: adverbially, aggrievedly, antislavery, assertively, caressively, convertibly, corrosively, daredevilry, deliveryman, deliverymen, divergently, excursively, formatively, grovelingly, hortatively, intervalley, intrusively, irrelevancy, irremovably, irrevocably, irruptively, iteratively, lucratively, narratively, nondelivery, normatively, nutritively, observingly, obtrusively, operatively, overplaying, partitively, perceivably, pervasively, predelivery, prelusively, primitively, privatively, providently, purposively, quaveringly, quiveringly, receptively, recessively, reclusively, recursively, reductively, reflexively, reflexivity, reprovingly, repulsively, resistively, retentively, revealingly, revoltingly, secretively, serviceably, silverberry, sovereignly, universally, unnervingly, valedictory, vectorially, ventilatory, ventriloquy, veraciously, veridically, versatilely, versatility, verticality, viceregally, viceroyalty. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 72 69 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. .. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e r i l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0072 0069 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)567184757891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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