forsooth | ||
1. | [ adverb ] (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire" | |
Synonyms: | in_truth truly really | |
Examples: | "really, you shouldn't have done it" "a truly awful book" (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to express disbelief) |
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Related terms: | intensifier | |
Similar spelling: |
Forsyth Forrest Forsythe Forst forsythia |