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in sooth

in sooth prepositional phrase: truly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. truly
    • In sooth, good friend, my knighthood is not school'd
      In voluntary rigours—I can fast,1781, Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother, Act 1 Scene 2

Questions about in sooth

What does in sooth mean?
In sooth means truly.
What part of speech is in sooth?
In sooth is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in sooth in the dictionary

  1. in someone's view
  2. in someone's vocabulary
  3. in someone's way
  4. in something's favor
  5. in something's way
  6. in sooth
  7. in sort
  8. in spades
  9. in special
  10. in specie
  11. in spirit

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