verily
UK/ˈvɛɹ.əl.i/
verily adverb: truly; doubtless; honestly; in truth.
Adverb
verily (not comparable)
- Truly; doubtless; honestly; in truth.
- When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 13:21
- He would weep for hours together, and I verily believe that to the very end this spoilt child of life thought his weak tears in some way efficacious.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 218
- Synonyms:
- soothly
- confidently, certainly
- Synonyms:
- certainly, confidently, wis
verily meaning in Urdu, Sanskrit and Persian
verily in Urdu
- verily
- کل kil
verily in Sanskrit
- verily, indeed, in fact
- घ gha
- verily
- समह samaha
verily in Persian
- truly, doubtlessly
- همانا hamânâ, هراینه har-âyene, بهراستی be-râsti, حقیقتاً haqiqatan
Synonyms of verily
Origin of verily
From Middle English verraily, from verray (“true, very”) + -ly. More at very, -ly.
Questions about verily
- What does verily mean?
- Verily means truly; doubtless; honestly; in truth.
- What is verily in Urdu?
- Verily in Urdu is کل (kil). See Verily meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is verily?
- Verily is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce verily?
- Verily is pronounced /ˈvɛɹ.əl.i/ (UK).
Words near verily in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: verily (page history and authors); کل (Urdu) (page history and authors); घ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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