Indeed

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈdiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd
• Hyphenation: in + deed

Alternative forms

• endeed obsolete

Origin

From Middle English indede, equivalent to - + deed (similar to in fact). Compare also West Frisian yndied, Dutch inderdaad ("indeed") and German in der Tat ("indeed"). More at in, deed.

Full definition of indeed

Adverb

1. (modal) Truly; in fact; actually.
   Indeed, he made several misplays.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 1, I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
• 1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 1, She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|viiWith fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get...
• 2013-07-20, Welcome to the plastisphere, researchers noticed many of their pieces of marine debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, ….
2. (degree, after the adjective modified) In fact.
   As a soccer player he is terrible indeed.

Synonyms

• (actually) certainly, definitely, in fact, indubitably, really, surely, truly, undoubtedly

Interjection

1. indicates emphatic agreement"I'm a great runner." "Indeed!"

Synonyms

• absolutely
• indubitably
• okay
• sure thing

Anagrams

• denied