verilyadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈvɛrᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈvɛrəli/

Forms: α. Middle English verrailiche, verrayle, Middle English verrayly (Middle English varrayly), verraily, Middle English–1500s verayly, Middle English veraily; Middle English verei-, ver(r)eyliche, verreyly, verreyli, verreili, Middle English verreily, Middle English verreilly. β. Middle English verali, Middle English–1500s veraly, Middle English verraly, Middle English verralye, Middle English–1500s verralie, 1500s veralie, Middle English Scottish wer(r)aly, weralie. γ. Middle English verelyche, vereliche, Middle English verrely, Middle English vereli, Middle English–1500s verelye, Middle English–1600s verely, 1500s verelie, verrelle, Scottish werelie. δ. Middle English verilyche, verrylyk, verrili, Middle English verryly, verrily (Middle English varily), Middle English–1700s veryly, 1500s verilye, Scottish verie-, weri(e)-, verrilie, Middle English– verily.

Etymology: < very adj. + -ly suffix². Compare veriment adv. and verament adv.

Now archaic or rhetorical.

A. adv.

a. In truth or verity; as a matter of truth or fact; in deed, fact, or reality; really, truly.Frequently, latterly almost entirely, used as an emphatic affirmation of the truth of a statement, esp. with verbs of believing, thinking, etc. In Middle English and older Scottish poetry often used as a mere rhyme-tag.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed

soothlyc825

forsoothc888

wiselyc888

sooth to sayOE

i-wislichec1000

to (‥) soothOE

iwis?c1160

certesa1250

without missa1275

i-witterlic1275

trulyc1275

aplight1297

certc1300

in (good) fayc1300

verily1303

certain1330

in truthc1330

to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330

certainlya1375

faithlya1375

in faitha1375

surelya1375

in sooth1390

in trothc1390

in good faitha1393

to witc1400

faithfullyc1405

soothly to sayc1405

all righta1413

sad?a1425

in certc1440

wella1470

truec1480

to say (the) truth1484

of a truth1494

of (a) trotha1500

for a truth?1532

in (of) verity1533

of verityc1550

really1561

for, in, or into very?1565

indeed1583

really and truly1600

indeed and indeed1673

right enough1761

deed1816

just1838

of a verity1850

sho1893

though1905

verdad1928

sholy1929

ja-nee1937

only1975

deffo1996

α.

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 9239 Þe nerrer þat þai sal hym be, Þe verreylyer þai sal hym se.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 177 So þat þe raþer welles beeþ now but lakes, oþer more vereyliche dreye chanels wiþ oute watir.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 422 Þai..told þam [sc. the apostles] openly, How þai saȝe crist & with him spake, on-liue ful verraily.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 70 Þe whilk..descryued me þe maners of oþer cuntrees.. als graythely and als verraily as þai had bene euer ȝit dwelland in þam.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. lxxxvii. 49 With inne this bred al the souereyn good is put,..presentliche and verreyliche.

c1450 Mir. Saluacioun (Roxb.) 44 This prophecie was fullfillid in dede fulle verrayly.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 28 Knowe ye verayly that it is not longe sythen, that the sayd Iewels were..gyuen to me.

β. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 175 My saule sall verraly & perfitly loue þe in new sange.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5197 I schal hastili me hiȝe..to venge þe verali for ouȝt þat bi-tideþ.1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 135 Who so weraly desyryth good rennoune he shall be renounet and preysid.?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 97 Gud maister Walter Kennedy In poynt of dede lyis veraly.1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cv^v Me think farar to dee Than schamyt be verralie Ane sclander to byde.1562 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 87 Gif ȝe beleue that our Saluiour did thir thingis veralie and indeid.γ. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. iv. 127 Whan I considre þi resouns, quod I, I ne trowe nat þat men seyn any þing more verrely.c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 399 Lazar and oþer weren verely deede, and verely reysid by Crist to lyve.14.. Sir Beues (O.) 2577 I thanke you, sayde Beuys, verely.c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) 153 Wich materes thrugly considered, it semyth verely good, þat [etc.].a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxiiii. f. xxvii Whenne he had reygned or more verely vsurped by the terme of .iiii. yeres.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 295 I think verely by his valyantnesse that he will not flie.1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 7 in Jewell House I doo verely beleeue y^t the spirit of God..did make them to be of that nature.a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. ii. 301 The father I verely thincke of Sir Walter Skull.δ. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10045 Whan þe vble was on þe auter leyd,..Alle þre þoȝt þan verrylyk, Before þe prest, þat a chyld lay quyk.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 374 Þei knowen verrili how þat Crist is Goddis Sone.c1410 Sir Cleges 305 The vsscher lyfte vp the lede smartly, And sawe the cheryse verily.1451 J. Osbern in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 74 If he wold make yow promys that ye myght veryly trust vpon hym.1483 Cath. Angl. 399/2 Varily,..vere.c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxii. 255 I beleue veryly that thou dydyst dye on the holy crosse to redeme vs all.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Verilye so manye, totidem.1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ix. 147 Some in the passage demaunded confession, thinking verily to die.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 207 I am therefore verily perswaded, that the name of Hercules even to this place, came either [etc.].1682–3 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 55 Though I could veryly hope my enemy were reconciled.1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 12 We are verily perswaded the Consequence will be an entire Alteration of Religion among us.1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 229 He..verily believes him an honest man.1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 130 A person whom he now verily believed to be, as he had originally suspected, insane.1839 T. Carlyle Chartism i. 1 The time is verily come for acting in it.1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. iv. 9 Thy soul could..laugh the laugh back, I think, verily.in combination.1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. B2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) The first..appeareth to bee Accusatorie, which either simply by coniectures, or by matter of known or verily supported troth,..may be conueied.

b. Placed in front of a sentence or statement as an emphatic asseveration of its truth or accuracy; frequently connoting the truth of a preceding statement.In versions of the New Testament regularly used to render Latin amen, Greek ἀμήν, which are frequently strengthened by repetition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb]

mid or with (‥) soothc888

soothfastlya890

soothfastc950

rightOE

yeaOE

soothlyOE

soothOE

trulyc1225

soothrightc1275

purec1300

verament1303

verily1303

purelyc1325

verimentc1325

indeedc1330

veirec1330

soothfully1340

faithlyc1350

of very (due) right?a1366

leallya1375

amenc1384

in soothnessc1386

verya1387

in certaina1400

truea1400

without(en) wougha1400

in veirec1400

in deedc1405

without famec1430

in veramentc1450

utterlyc1460

veritably1481

veritable1490

voirably1501

seriously1644

quite1736

quite1881

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10068 Þys y beleue, and euer y shal; For verryly we se hyt alle.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xx. 12 Forsothe and verreili my sister she is.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xlvi. 194 Þerefor he that hathe þe Ringe of Feithe, vereliche he shalle have al thinges to his likinge.

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) 114 But verely thai liven in the most extreme pouertie and miserie.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 134 Verralie that war gryt rycht.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) John iii. 3 Verely verely I saye vnto the [etc.].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) John iii. 11 Verely I saye vnto y^e[etc.] .

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiii^v Verely the kyng of England had so great trust..in the honor..of the French kyng.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 268 And verily there remaineth yet a great Castell.

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 11 As if despising were an especiall..kind of offending, or scandalizing. And verely so it is, especially to the Weake.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋4 Verily, Mr. Spectator, we are much offended at the Act for Importing French Wines.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. ii. 64 Verily at times he looked on him as a book.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 158 Verily, here we sit securely.

1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 158 For verily the might of the sun was sore upon him.

c. Used to emphasize a negative or affirmative response word.

ΚΠ

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 224 Dyde ever ony man so grete a trayson as I have doon, nay vereli.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bv Were not she an vnkinde & vngentyl moder, yes verayly.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fiij Naie, verilier, that is it to be a man.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 138 You saye I shall take the Angles of sight of euerye place that I can see... Yea verelye.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. (∴) Should they then becom perfect chords? No verily.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xvi. 37 Nay verily, but let them come themselues, and fetch vs out.

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Yea verily, ia trouwens, ofte ja voorwaer.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. viii. 65 Yes, verily, my lords and gentlemen..so you must.]

†B. adj.

True, very. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective]

soothc825

soothlyc888

soothfastc950

rightOE

lealc1330

verilya1340

veryc1386

truea1398

soothfulc1400

real1440

vray1460

trothlike1544

of verityc1550

verimenta1592

correct1705

truthful1781

truthy1848

unillusory1853

straight-up1910

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxix. 8 Lord, verralyest lord, noght as men ere lordis.

c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1285 Morpheus, That hym before warnyd of the verryly tyde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verily
释义	verilyadv.adj. Brit. /ˈvɛrᵻli/, U.S. /ˈvɛrəli/ Forms: α. Middle English verrailiche, verrayle, Middle English verrayly (Middle English varrayly), verraily, Middle English–1500s verayly, Middle English veraily; Middle English verei-, ver(r)eyliche, verreyly, verreyli, verreili, Middle English verreily, Middle English verreilly. β. Middle English verali, Middle English–1500s veraly, Middle English verraly, Middle English verralye, Middle English–1500s verralie, 1500s veralie, Middle English Scottish wer(r)aly, weralie. γ. Middle English verelyche, vereliche, Middle English verrely, Middle English vereli, Middle English–1500s verelye, Middle English–1600s verely, 1500s verelie, verrelle, Scottish werelie. δ. Middle English verilyche, verrylyk, verrili, Middle English verryly, verrily (Middle English varily), Middle English–1700s veryly, 1500s verilye, Scottish verie-, weri(e)-, verrilie, Middle English– verily. Etymology: < very adj. + -ly suffix². Compare veriment adv. and verament adv. Now archaic or rhetorical. A. adv. a. In truth or verity; as a matter of truth or fact; in deed, fact, or reality; really, truly.Frequently, latterly almost entirely, used as an emphatic affirmation of the truth of a statement, esp. with verbs of believing, thinking, etc. In Middle English and older Scottish poetry often used as a mere rhyme-tag. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 α. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 9239 Þe nerrer þat þai sal hym be, Þe verreylyer þai sal hym se. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 177 So þat þe raþer welles beeþ now but lakes, oþer more vereyliche dreye chanels wiþ oute watir. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 422 Þai..told þam [sc. the apostles] openly, How þai saȝe crist & with him spake, on-liue ful verraily. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 70 Þe whilk..descryued me þe maners of oþer cuntrees.. als graythely and als verraily as þai had bene euer ȝit dwelland in þam. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. lxxxvii. 49 With inne this bred al the souereyn good is put,..presentliche and verreyliche. c1450 Mir. Saluacioun (Roxb.) 44 This prophecie was fullfillid in dede fulle verrayly. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 28 Knowe ye verayly that it is not longe sythen, that the sayd Iewels were..gyuen to me. β. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxviii. 175 My saule sall verraly & perfitly loue þe in new sange.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5197 I schal hastili me hiȝe..to venge þe verali for ouȝt þat bi-tideþ.1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 135 Who so weraly desyryth good rennoune he shall be renounet and preysid.?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 97 Gud maister Walter Kennedy In poynt of dede lyis veraly.1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cv^v Me think farar to dee Than schamyt be verralie Ane sclander to byde.1562 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 87 Gif ȝe beleue that our Saluiour did thir thingis veralie and indeid.γ. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. iv. 127 Whan I considre þi resouns, quod I, I ne trowe nat þat men seyn any þing more verrely.c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 399 Lazar and oþer weren verely deede, and verely reysid by Crist to lyve.14.. Sir Beues (O.) 2577 I thanke you, sayde Beuys, verely.c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) 153 Wich materes thrugly considered, it semyth verely good, þat [etc.].a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxiiii. f. xxvii Whenne he had reygned or more verely vsurped by the terme of .iiii. yeres.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 295 I think verely by his valyantnesse that he will not flie.1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 7 in Jewell House I doo verely beleeue y^t the spirit of God..did make them to be of that nature.a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. ii. 301 The father I verely thincke of Sir Walter Skull.δ. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10045 Whan þe vble was on þe auter leyd,..Alle þre þoȝt þan verrylyk, Before þe prest, þat a chyld lay quyk.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 374 Þei knowen verrili how þat Crist is Goddis Sone.c1410 Sir Cleges 305 The vsscher lyfte vp the lede smartly, And sawe the cheryse verily.1451 J. Osbern in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 74 If he wold make yow promys that ye myght veryly trust vpon hym.1483 Cath. Angl. 399/2 Varily,..vere.c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxii. 255 I beleue veryly that thou dydyst dye on the holy crosse to redeme vs all.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Verilye so manye, totidem.1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ix. 147 Some in the passage demaunded confession, thinking verily to die.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 207 I am therefore verily perswaded, that the name of Hercules even to this place, came either [etc.].1682–3 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 55 Though I could veryly hope my enemy were reconciled.1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 12 We are verily perswaded the Consequence will be an entire Alteration of Religion among us.1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 229 He..verily believes him an honest man.1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 130 A person whom he now verily believed to be, as he had originally suspected, insane.1839 T. Carlyle Chartism i. 1 The time is verily come for acting in it.1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. iv. 9 Thy soul could..laugh the laugh back, I think, verily.in combination.1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. B2^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) The first..appeareth to bee Accusatorie, which either simply by coniectures, or by matter of known or verily supported troth,..may be conueied. b. Placed in front of a sentence or statement as an emphatic asseveration of its truth or accuracy; frequently connoting the truth of a preceding statement.In versions of the New Testament regularly used to render Latin amen, Greek ἀμήν, which are frequently strengthened by repetition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] mid or with (‥) soothc888 soothfastlya890 soothfastc950 rightOE yeaOE soothlyOE soothOE trulyc1225 soothrightc1275 purec1300 verament1303 verily1303 purelyc1325 verimentc1325 indeedc1330 veirec1330 soothfully1340 faithlyc1350 of very (due) right?a1366 leallya1375 amenc1384 in soothnessc1386 verya1387 in certaina1400 truea1400 without(en) wougha1400 in veirec1400 in deedc1405 without famec1430 in veramentc1450 utterlyc1460 veritably1481 veritable1490 voirably1501 seriously1644 quite1736 quite1881 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10068 Þys y beleue, and euer y shal; For verryly we se hyt alle. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xx. 12 Forsothe and verreili my sister she is. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xlvi. 194 Þerefor he that hathe þe Ringe of Feithe, vereliche he shalle have al thinges to his likinge. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) 114 But verely thai liven in the most extreme pouertie and miserie. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 134 Verralie that war gryt rycht. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) John iii. 3 Verely verely I saye vnto the [etc.]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) John iii. 11 Verely I saye vnto y^e[etc.] . 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxiii^v Verely the kyng of England had so great trust..in the honor..of the French kyng. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 268 And verily there remaineth yet a great Castell. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 11 As if despising were an especiall..kind of offending, or scandalizing. And verely so it is, especially to the Weake. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋4 Verily, Mr. Spectator, we are much offended at the Act for Importing French Wines. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. ii. ii. 64 Verily at times he looked on him as a book. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 158 Verily, here we sit securely. 1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 158 For verily the might of the sun was sore upon him. c. Used to emphasize a negative or affirmative response word. ΚΠ 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 224 Dyde ever ony man so grete a trayson as I have doon, nay vereli. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bv Were not she an vnkinde & vngentyl moder, yes verayly. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fiij Naie, verilier, that is it to be a man. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 138 You saye I shall take the Angles of sight of euerye place that I can see... Yea verelye. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. (∴) Should they then becom perfect chords? No verily. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xvi. 37 Nay verily, but let them come themselues, and fetch vs out. View more context for this quotation 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Yea verily, ia trouwens, ofte ja voorwaer. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. viii. 65 Yes, verily, my lords and gentlemen..so you must.] †B. adj. True, very. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective] soothc825 soothlyc888 soothfastc950 rightOE lealc1330 verilya1340 veryc1386 truea1398 soothfulc1400 real1440 vray1460 trothlike1544 of verityc1550 verimenta1592 correct1705 truthful1781 truthy1848 unillusory1853 straight-up1910 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxix. 8 Lord, verralyest lord, noght as men ere lordis. c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1285 Morpheus, That hym before warnyd of the verryly tyde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1303
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