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Definitions for verily
ˈvɛr ə liver·i·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
verilyadverb
in truth; certainly
"I verily think so"; "trust in the Lord...and verily thou shalt be fed"- Ps 37:3
Wiktionary
verilyadverb
truly, doubtlessly, in truth
verilyadverb
confidently, certainly
Etymology: From verraily, from verray + -ly. More at very, -ly.
Wikipedia
Verily
Verily Life Sciences, also known as Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences), is Alphabet Inc.'s research organization devoted to the study of life sciences. The organization was formerly a division of Google X, until August 10, 2015, when Sergey Brin announced that the organization would become an independent subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. This restructuring process was completed on October 2, 2015. On December 7, 2015, Google Life Sciences was renamed Verily.
Webster Dictionary
Verilyadverb
in very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly
Etymology: [From Very.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Verily
ver′i-li, adv. truly: certainly: really.
Anagrams for verily »
livery
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of verily in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of verily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of verily in a Sentence
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Verily, when good is hungry is seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.
John Kenneth Galbraith, Guardian (London, 28 July 1989):
In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong.
Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving one bushel of grain in alms.
Open still remains a free life for great souls. Verily, he who possesses little is so much the less possessed: blessed be moderate poverty!
And walk not proudly on the earth verily thou shalt never cleave the earth, nor reach to the mountains in height
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- sandeligDanish
- natürlich, sicher, gewiss, wahrlichGerman
- vere, certeEsperanto
- sin duda alguna, de veras, realmente, por supuesto, verdaderamente, de cierto, de verdad, ciertamenteSpanish
- همانا, هراینه, بهراستی, حقیقتاًPersian
- varmastiFinnish
- véritablement, indubitablement, absolument, sans le moindre doute, certainement, assurément, vraiment, sans aucun douteFrench
- davvero, certamente, veramenteItalian
- אההHebrew
- sikkert, sannelig, visseligNorwegian
- zaiste, doprawdy, zaprawdęPolish
- verdadeiramentePortuguese
- истинно, уверенноRussian
- 众志成城Chinese
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