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forsooth

 
Dictionary: for·sooth   (fôr-sūth', fər-) pronunciation
 
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adv.

In truth; indeed.

[Middle English forsoth, from Old English forsōth : for, for; see for + sōth, truth; see sooth.]


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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to express disbelief)
  Synonyms: in truth, really, truly

 
 
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