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# verily

adverb

«verily» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

An old word for "truly" that adds weight to what is said. It translates a Hebrew word that stresses certainty. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and old-style speech, a way to say «truly» or «indeed» before a statement

### Examples

- And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous. (Torah GEN.18.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verily/#x1)
- And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.' (Torah GEN.21.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verily/#x2)
- And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.' (Torah GEN.42.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verily/#x3)
- So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. (Prophets ZEC.11.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verily/#x4)
- But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. (Writings PSA.66.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verily/#x5)
- Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. (Prophets ISA.45.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verily/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Truly or really; used to show that you mean what you say. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verily/#m1)

### Then and now

Old-fashioned; today we say truly or really.

### Examples

- And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous. (Torah GEN.18.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verily/#x1)
- Verily, that is the way of the world. (Grimms' Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verily/#x2)
- And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.' (Torah GEN.21.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verily/#x3)

### Note

Today: truly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «verily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«verily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/verily.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «verily» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«verily» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/verily.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «verily» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/V/verily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«verily» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/verily.html) on Mova free.