Veritably vs Verily - What's the difference?
veritably | verily |
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=DicGrea]
truly, doubtlessly, in truth
confidently, certainly
As adverbs the difference between veritably and verily
is that veritably is in a veritable manner; in a way that truly and accurately describes something while verily is truly, doubtlessly, in truth.veritably
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- My 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.