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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

[From

In very truth; beyond doubt or question; in fact; certainly.

Bacon.

Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and

verily

thou shalt be fed.

Ps. xxxvii. 3.

adv.

[from very.]

In truth; in fact; certainly.

Really; truly; with great confidence. It was verily thought the enterprise would succeed.