Veritably
Full definition of veritably
Adverb
veritably
- In a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something.
- 1860-1861: Charles Dickens, Great Expectations http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=262435884&tag=Dickens,+Charles,+1812-1870:+Great+Expectations,+1860-1861&query=+veritably&id=DicGreaMy comfort was, that it happened a long time ago, and that he had doubtless been transported a long way off, and that he was dead to me, and might be veritably dead into the bargain.