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Definition: In Truth |
In TruthAdverb1. (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"; (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to express disbelief). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: In TruthSynonyms: forsooth (adv), really (adv), truly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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. |
Certainty | Adverb: certainly; Adjective: for certain, certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty; in truth; (truly); at any rate, at all events; without fail; coute que coute, coute qu'il coute; whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst; come what may, happen what may, come what will; sink or swim; rain or shine. |
Veracity | Adverb: truly; (really); in plain words; in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth; as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole; honor bright; troth; in good sooth, in good earnest; unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth, sooth to say, bona fide, in foro conscientiae; without equivocation; cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart; by my troth; (affirmation). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: In Truth |
| English words defined with "in truth": Certes ♦ In deed, In jest, In word, indeed ♦ so, Soothly ♦ verily ♦ Whereas. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "in truth": LICKSPITTLE, Lick-spittle ♦ review. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "in truth": Soothly. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | For you see, as tempting as it may be, in truth it's little more than blackmail. (Ideal Husband, An; writing credit: Oscar Wilde; Oliver Parker) | |
Lyrics | In truth and sincerity. (This Song: For The True And Passionate Lovers Of Music; performing artist: Shai) | |
Clever | There is truth in humor, but not humor in truth. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Crispus | In truth, prosperity tries the souls even of the wise. |
Daniel Webster | Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams. |
Henry James | Ideas are, in truth, force. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Wisdom is found only in truth. |
John Maynard Keynes | In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. |
Philip Dormer Stanhope | Women are much more like each other than men; they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. |
Sir John Lubbock | In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking. |
Thomas Carlyle | A man protesting against error is on the way toward uniting himself with all men that believe in truth. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Which could not possibly be, if all political power were only paternal, and that in truth they were one and the same thing: for then, all paternal power being in the prince, the subject could naturally have none of it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | In truth, she seemed absolutely hidden behind it. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | See you, I have never meant to do wrong, in truth, Monsieur Javert, and I see everywhere much worse women than I am who are much more fortunate. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it, Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it) At work upon a book, and so read out of it The qualities that you have first read into it. |
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| Language | Translations for "in truth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | toden totta (truly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en vérité (indeed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | igazán (certes, forsooth, in all conscience, in earnest, in sooth, really, right, sure, true, truly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dy firrinagh focklagh (verily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay uthtray adevãrat (actual, correct, forsooth, genuine, honestly, indeed, positive, positively, proper, quite right, real, really and truly, regular, sheer, sooth, Square, stark, true, truthful, veraciously, veritable, very), într-adevãr (forsooth, in good sooth, in sooth, indeed, quite, really, verily). (various references) hakikaten (forsooth, in point of fact, truly). (various references) hakykatdan (really), dogrusy (truly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | quidem, re vera, vero. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 12, Verse 44 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AlhqwV legw umin oti epi pasin toiV uparcousin autou katasthsei auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vere dico vobis quia supra omnia quae possidet constituet illum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice ic secge eow þæt he gesett hine of er eall þæt he ah; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Verili Y seie to you, that on alle thingis that he weldith, he schal ordeyne hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Of a trueth I saye vnto you: that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | In truth I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 12, Verse 44 |
| Cebuano | Sa pagkatinuod, magaingon ako kaninyo, nga siya igatudlo niya sa pagdumala sa iyang tanang katigayonan. |
| Chinese | 我 實 在 告 訴 們 、 主 人 要 派 他 管 理 一 切 所 有 的 。 |
| Croatian | Uistinu, kažem vam, postavit æe ga nad svim imanjem svojim." |
| Danish | Sandelig, siger jeg eder, han skal sætte ham over alt, hvad han ejer. |
| Dutch | Waarlijk, Ik zeg ulieden, dat hij hem over al zijn goederen zetten zal. |
| Finnish | Totisesti minä sanon teille: hän asettaa hänet kaiken omaisuutensa hoitajaksi. |
| French | Je vous le dis en vérité, il l`établira sur tous ses biens. |
| German | Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Er wird ihn über alle seine Güter setzen. |
| Haitian Creole | Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: mèt la va mete l' reskonsab tout byen l' yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Percayalah: Tuan itu akan mempercayakan segala hartanya kepada pelayan itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dengan sesungguhnya Aku berkata kepadamu, ia akan menetapkan dia atas segala sesuatu miliknya. |
| Italian | In verit vi dico, lo metter a capo di tutti i suoi averi. |
| Manx Gaelic | Ayns firrinys ta mee gra riu, dy der eh da yn stiurtys er ooilley e chooid. |
| Maori | He pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, ka meinga ia hei rangatira mo ana taonga katoa. |
| Norwegian | Sannelig sier jeg eder: Han skal sette ham over alt det han eier. |
| Portuguese | Em verdade vos digo que o porá sobre todos os seus bens. |
| Rumanian | Adevqrat vq spun, cq kl va pune peste toatq avuyia sa. |
| Shuar | Umirin asamtai, ni uuntri Ashí ni waririn Wáitrukat tusa apujsattawai. Nuna paant Tájarme. |
| Spanish | En verdad os digo que le pondrá sobre todos sus bienes. |
| Swahili | Hakika atampa madaraka juu ya mali yake yote. |
| Swedish | Sannerligen säger jag eder: Han skall sätta honom över allt vad han äger. |
| Uma | Mpu'u ku'uli' -kokoi, maradika-na mpo'ongko' -i pai' mpowai' -i kuasa mpewili' hawe'ea ka'uaa' -na. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-n-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: rutin, truth. | |
-3 letters: hint, hunt, hurt, ruin, runt, ruth, thin, thir, thru, tint, turn, unit. | |
-4 letters: hin, hit, hun, hut, nit, nth, nut, rin, run, rut, tin, tit, tui, tun, tut, urn. | |
-5 letters: hi, in, it, nu, ti, uh, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-n-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: thrusting, ultrathin, unthrifty. | |
+3 letters: antihunter, shuttering, thumbprint, triumphant. | |
+4 letters: haircutting, outthrowing, ruttishness, thumbprints, untethering, unworthiest, upthrusting. | |
+5 letters: haircuttings, interwrought, luteotrophin, naturopathic, outthrobbing, outthrusting, shortcutting, triumphantly, ultraheating. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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