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veritable
/ ˈvɛrɪtəbəl /
adjective
(intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically)
he's a veritable swine!
rare, genuine or true; proper
I require veritable proof
Other Word Forms
- veritableness noun
- veritably adverb
- nonveritable adjective
- nonveritableness noun
- nonveritably adverb
- unveritable adjective
- unveritableness noun
- unveritably adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of veritable1
Word History and Origins
Origin of veritable1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Ahead of Tuesday night, Scotland's limp beginning isn't so much food for thought for Clarke, it's a veritable feast, a banquet of things to fix, in tactics, in formation, in selection, in psychology.
But Dek is the approximate size of a large human, a veritable runt in a race of beings that are typically between 7 and 8 feet tall.
The election of a veritable communist as mayor of New York shows how shortsighted that is.
A train car moving at high speed with the doors and windows closed is a violent psychopath’s dream—a veritable barrel full of unarmed, unsuspecting fish.
The veritable pity party gnashes its teeth more and more as the months pass.
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