verily

"I verily believe they're gone to look at my button," cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Verily, there is not a leech that sucks out the blood from the body more than these little ships do this camp of men.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away till all these things be accomplished.
His Last Week|William E. Barton
Verily, Providence lends a strong and ready arm to the drunken man and the fool!
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith

I think it plain, that no man can join in prayers in which there is any petition which he is verily persuaded is sinful.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton

British Dictionary definitions for verily

verily

/ (ˈvɛrɪlɪ) /

adverb

(sentence modifier) archaic in truth; trulyverily, thou art a man of God

Word Origin for verily

C13: from very + -ly ²

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