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# verily

«verily» in Mova's school dictionary: **truly or really, used to show that you mean what you say** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) Verily means truly or really, used to show that you mean what you say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old-style speech, a way to say «truly» or «indeed» before a statement

### examples

- Verily, that is the way of the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verily/#x1)
- «Why, verily, I'm glad we are so happily met.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verily/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah: 'Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.45/)
- [Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1017/)
- [So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.161/)
- [But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1078/)
- [All nations compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2142/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «verily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.