Middle English Dictionary Entry
verreilī adv.
Entry Info
Forms | verreilī adv. Also verreilli, vereilẹ̄, verrailisch, verrailli, verali, var(r)eli, varali, varili, verliche & wereli, wer(r)ali, wer(r)ili, war(i)li, (errors) veruayle, wryly. |
Etymology | From verrei adj.; a few exx. in w- could be construed as wā̆relī adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
In accordance with the facts, truly; with fidelity to an original; also, honestly, truthfully; righte ~, exactly.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 12.11 : Now I woot verily for [WB(2): that] the Lord sente his aungel and delyuerede me fro the hand of Eroude.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1174 : Thow woost thy seluen verraily That thow and I be dampned to prisoun.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.374 : Þei knowen verrili how þat Crist is Goddis Sone.
- (c1430) Paston (EETS)1.13 : I conseyue verrayly þat ye arn vicar general in Inggelond of…þe Abbot of Clunie.
- (1440) Wars France in RS 22.2444 : It was by liklinesse verraily thought and eke supposed that it shulde come to effectuel avayle of you.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1209 : Newe armes þan beris hee…Of azure wyth a schippe of golde…His sayle and his rapis ylkane Purtrayede verrayly.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1729 : The sexte companye…gunne faste on Fame crie Ryght verraily in this manere.
- c1460 Dub.Abraham (Dub 432)327 : Wif…how trowe you, telle me verylye?
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)70/12 : Yif þey vndirstonde verily þat pees were þe heritage of cristen men…þey wold neuer abyde forto recuvere here heritage.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)2042 : Sodenly As he came, he went—I tell yow veryly.
1b.
(a) Validly, conclusively; so as to produce certainty; also, so as to learn the truth;
(b) firmly; confidently; also, with conviction.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)3/11 : A soule may verrely preue wheþer he be clepid of God to be a worcher in þis werk or none.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)154/6 : Ȝif þou wilt verrely beholde to þis werk…& to þe propertee…of iche vertewe diuersely, þou schalt fynde þat alle vertewes ben cleerly…comprehendid in it.
- (1433) RParl.4.478a : Yf any…desceit be founden in the seid Tollereves…veryly proved to fore the seid Baillifs…they to be remeved out of the seid Office.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)100/21 : Alexander…for to schewe þe mare verrayly þat þou ert Alexander, com with me.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1016/27 : In the name of God…I do you veryly to wete he ys nat dede.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)153 : It semyth verely good þat no man haue any office of þe kynges yefte but he be ffirst sworne that he is seruant to non oþer man.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)75/88 : The secunde is stody with meke inquysissyon veryly How I xal haue knowynge of godys wylle.
- c1475 3 Consid.(UC 85)190 : It verryly apperith that a good lorde shall…kepe the peeple of God and feede in his warde.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.12.12 : Judas, demynge verrely hem profitable in many thingis, bihiȝte pees.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.1054 : At the firste look he on hir sette He knew wel verraily [vrr. verraile, weraily] that it was she.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.MG (Hnt HM 111)113 : Marie & Ion…Yee been the two, I knowe verraily, In which…god gan edifie…To him an hows.
- (1443) Paston2.11 : Trostith varyli I haue non bargeyn mad with no man.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)837 : Be-leuest also verrely [vr. sadly] þat hyt ys goddes owne body þat þe prest ȝeueth the?
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)360/17 : King Henry wist and knew warly [vr. verily] þat he was ded.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)69/18 : The barounes…wenyd varely to have withholden hym with fair language, sayng that the kyng was…not wyse.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)106/18 : Noo man myght passe hym, as they[m] semed varrely.
- c1460 Dub.Abraham (Dub 432)347 : He bid me, trust it verayly…It shuld not haue ben left.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)823/25 : Whan that she behylde hym anone she felle in remembraunce of hym and knew hym veryly for sir Launcelot.
- (?1472) Stonor1.125 : I truste weryly to alle myty Jhesu…that I shalle spede well of my mater.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)57 : Wo takyt me to spowse may veryly wene…That rest and tranqwyllyte he xall sene.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)17 : Lorde Jhesu lyft open the yghen of the hertes of appostlys that they myght verely knowe where he were and…haue no doute.
- a1500 Proc.Chanc.in Archaeol.ser.2.68 : Your…besecher…supposyng…that the…obligacion had be indosed…sealed the same dede, trustyng also verely that the seid Edward…wolde have savyd your seid besecher harmeless of the seid L li.
1c.
(a) Accurately, correctly; also, with exactitude, precisely;
(b) thoroughly, fully; profoundly; also, deeply, intimately;
(c) clearly, plainly; also, manifestly, perceptually.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)412/764 : For to knaw verraly whan it is ypostacis.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)70/2 : Þe whilk…descryued me þe maners of oþer cuntrees…als verraily as þai had bene euer ȝit dwelland in þam.
- (1443) Paston2.11 : Send me þe endenture…þat I may know varili [vr. wryly] qwat ȝowre trewe bargeyn is ther-in.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)2.26.28 : These astrologiens, by her tables and her instrumentes, knowen verreily the ascensioun of every degre and minute in all the zodiak in the embelif cercle.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)323/26 : He knewe not werely qwhat he was but in tyme of tribulacion.
- (c1461) Paston2.257 : Price of malt…we vndrestand it is goode [in] Flaunders, but what price we can not witte verely.
- c1500(1446) Morstede Surgery (Hrl 1736)117 : That the sewynges in the face be made evyne & ryght, for yt myght elles cause…crokednes to the mowth…make veryly thyn sowynges.
b
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3414 : Thow…knowest alle thise thynges verraily.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1301/15 : A þing is þe more verrayliche yknowe by sauour þan by odour.
- a1425 LOL (Wnds E.I.I)95/10 : She [Mary]…spak wiþ hem more hoomly of Cristis incarnacioun, forsoþe bi so miche veriliere, in as miche as she hadde lerned alle þingis atte biginnyng fullier bi þe Hooly Goost.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)313/36 : By þe vertu þe vice is beter knowe…and for þe defaute…þe perfeccioun of vertu is þe moore verrily knowe.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2532 : For ȝe shulde knowe þe trewthe alle veryly, God hath sende vs now hedur to þe.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)98 : The more knowynge of yowr selff passyble, Þe more veryly ȝe xall God knowe.
- a1500(c1400) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)174 : I shal auay ȝow so verrayly of vertues His Þat ȝe may leue…þat He is Lord myȝty.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.312 : God…knowith mor verylyche þe þouȝtis of mennys hertys & womennys þan ony man may knowyn oþeris werkys.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)1.12 : We han Iradde…summen…to hane Ipassid þe see, þat hem whome þey hane Iknowen of bokez miȝten see verreyliche present.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1250 : The knyght sey verraily al this, That she so fair was and so yong ther to.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10068 : Þys y beleue…For verryly we se hyt alle.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)12471 : Ihesus…so verrely he tolde, herde neuer mon ȝonge ny olde So kyndely goddes werkes telle.
- c1400(?c1384) Wycl.50 HFriars (Bod 647)399 : Lazar and oþer weren verely deede.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)584 : No wight can of alle the companye Be no signe verrely espye By whos hond that the kyng was slawe.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)9239-40 : Þe nerrer þat þai sal hym be, Þe verreylyer þai sal hym se, And þe mare verraly þai se his face, Þe mare sal be þair ioy and solace.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)79/17 : They spokyn to me in Frensch langage wel and verayly.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)20/12 : Not verrili, sufficientli, or fully ben alle moral vertues…tauȝt in þo ij tablis.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1339 : We saw the sothe verely I-noughe.
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)95 : They sware…they sawe hym verely stye vp yn-to heuene.
2.
Aptly, justly; also, properly.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.211 : Bigan þe seuenþe Olimpiades…þe…foure hondred ȝere and foure and fifty after þe takyng of Troye; But more vereiliche…foure hondred and foure and þritti ȝere after þe takynge of Troye.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)69/36 : Þe ouer angels purgiþ…þe neþir aungels, But…not…of synne but more verreyliche [L sed potius] imperfeccioun of goodnes.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1203/16 : By menynge of Latyns suche men wonderliche yschape ben more verrayliche ycleped ficarij þan sicarij.
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1233/11 : Some of þise ben ycleped bidentes…quasi biennes as þey were of two ȝer olde…But most verrayliche, þey haue þe name of two strowtynge teeþ.
- c1400 Apoc.(2) (Hrl 171)66/21 : As Crist is verrily clepid liȝt, so Antecrist schal falsli be clepid liȝt.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)141/6 : Þof…þe qualitees of þi beyng ben…fast onyd to þe self beyng…ȝit, for þei hangen alle upon it, verely it may be clepid…þe first of þi ȝiftes.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)159a/b : Medicines þe whiche ben hote…ben cleped repercussiues after þe comune maner speche but not properlye neiþer verreilye.
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)50 : Suche freris…ben clepid maistris of diuynyte, but verreily maistris of errour.
3.
(a) In accord with the best conception of the action, perfectly; properly speaking;
(b) completely, wholly; very much; in the highest sense, strictly speaking; also, as an intensive: very [2nd quot.];
(c) in fig. predications: virtually, veritably, as it were.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)639 : A grece þat I…knowe…schal veraly þurth vertue do vanisch ȝour soris.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)351 : Heere þou schalt ha vengaunce verreyliche and sone.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)21/19,22/2 : Þe lymes…moun neuere veriliche be restorid…but þe fleisch the which mater is blood, þat is aldai engendrid in us, may weel & verriliche be restorid.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)16/3 : Þenkynge…how I myȝte most sikerly, vereily, and best worschipe þe as it were most to Gods worschipe, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)109a/b : Akyng…is cesed on 2 manerez: verraily or trwly wt euaporatyuez…& palliatyuely wt narcoticis.
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Eccl.(Cld E.2)7.1 : Just men…in the day of deth they bygynen to lyue verily, and therfor the day of deth of hooly men is clepid the birthe of hem.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)632 : Thanne ful mochel sorwe gan sche make, whanne that verraylly sche gan wake.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)894/14 : Half wakyng and half slepynge…sir Launcelot sye and behylde hit, for he slepte nat veryly.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)118.175 : In the tother warld my saule sall verraly & perfitly loue the in new sange.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)13/9 : Ȝef a man be y-smyte with his owyn bloud þat hit…by-comyþ oþer-while pikelyd and oþer-whyle hit brekyþ out on hym verilyche, take selydonye…and drynke hit.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2245 : We ar in þis valay verayly oure one.
- c1400 Aelred Inst.(1) (Vrn)33/292 : Þu…coueytest to be iseye his spouse þat for vs was mad riȝt pouere alþouȝ he were verreyly ryche.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5479 : High estatis she doth reuerse…Forto shewe…That she is fortune verelye.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)31/34 : Þat is verily þin owne þat may not be taken fro þe with ouȝten þin assent.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)159a/b : Þer ben oþere repercussiues þe whiche be not verreilye stiptik in respecte of þes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3765 : Thayre avawwarde…voydes…Alls venqueste verrayely.
- (c1440) Paston (EETS)1.26 : Þe seyde gentilwomman…made hym gentil chere in gyntyl wyse, and seyde he was verrayly yowre son.
- a1450 Hilton Epistle CF (Add 33971)307/17 : Þou shryues þi synnes…and neuer-þe-les þou trowes noght þat þou art verraly shryuen, for þou feles þe same remors after þi shryft.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.45.30b : Þat is þe lif wilk is vereili contemplatif.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.116 : With love…I am verrailiche drunke.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.866 : The vertu of hire goodly speche Is verraily myn hertes leche.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)866 : Ver by his uisage verayly hit semed.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)39/12 : Crist…is uerreiliche Holi Writ, and who þat louiþ him best is best clerk.
- c1400 Life Soul (LdMisc 210)25/7-8 : My flesche is verray liche [vr. verreily] mete and my blood is verray liche drynk.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5759 : Man or woman þat is vinolent Is verreyly a beste vnresonable.
4.
(a) In reality; actually;
(b) sincerely, unfeignedly; earnestly, in good faith.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Thes.2.13 : Ȝe token it not as the word of men, but as it is verily, the word of God.
- c1400(?c1384) Wycl.50 HFriars (Bod 647)399 : Lazar and oþer weren…verely reysid by Crist to lyve.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)515 : Polyboun…gan dissimule…lik as he had be verrely his heyre.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)53 : That ȝong child Jesu…weped ofte sithes, as othere children done, to schewe the wrecchednesse of mankynde that he verrayly took.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)6/28 : It is noȝt sene þat all…fele warily [L realiter] þe warmnes of charite increate.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)140 : Mola…is a flesshy lumpe the whiche …wexith in the marice, as it were in liknesse of a childe verilich conceyved.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)3266 : As þai vnder þe biriynge legh, Iesus rise verreily And go his way bodily.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)39/19 : Þe blissid sacrament…þer in þei receyue verrily…him whom þey loue.
- c1475 *Bk.Marchalsi (Trin-C R.14.51)62a : Sir Ihesu Criste, as verrely as þou arte Fader and Sonne and Holy Goste…and as verrayly as I yoined thys crosse to hys flesshe in the honour of the, also verrely…yif saluacion to thys beste.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)64 : My loue…may be felt…But not spoke…as yt ys veryly.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)781/18 : A Evyll cristyn man…askyth of holy chyrch yȝf he be veryly his son.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2432 : Venus…was verely the fairest.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.94 : He that synneth and verraily repenteth hym in his laste, holy chirche yet hopeth his sauacioun.
- a1400 Wycl.MPl.(Add 24202)49 : Ȝif he were werryly convertid, he shulde haten to seen alle siche vanyte.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)108/12 : Examine þeself where þou be uerreyliche meke, for seintes techen eiȝte tokenes to knowe bi where a man be meke.
- a1425 MChristi (Arun 286)58/1262 : In what houre þe synful turneþ fro his synne and is vereyle sory for hem, alle his synnes schul be forȝeten.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)308 : I make myn avowe verreilly to Cryste…þat voide schall I neuere.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.119/23 : The church of Barton…he halowed…grauntyng to all men and women, verely contrite and confessid, þe same church euery ȝere…visityng…xl dayes of pardon of penaunce.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)1/12 : Þou must be verily and deply rotid…in meknes.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)32/2 : Glorious virgine…as þou verili louedist þi sone…and verily woldist þat he were louyd, wynne me þat grace…þat I mow verili loue hym.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)135/6 : Who so weraly [Lambeth: trewly] desyryth good rennoune, he shall be renounet.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Lamb 633)191/21 : A man shold merciably fforyew his wif repentaunt veraily hir trespace.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)101/91 : All that dredene him veryly…hee…gave maystery.
5.
Used with the force of a conjunctive adv.:
(a) of inference or result: in that case, in consequence; also reinforcing a conjunctive adv. [last quot.];
(b) of replacement, antithesis, or contrast: nevertheless; rather, alternatively, instead; also, in addition; moreover, also.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Gal.3.21 : If ther were a lawe ȝouun, the which myȝte quykene, vereily riȝtwysnesse were of lawe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.115 : Mynde and memorial…wern…dirked so…That verrailly his discrecioun Was hym birafte.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)544 : Wyll clennes ys mankyn, Verely þe soule God ys wythin.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)136/11 : Than veraly hym shal drede his Pepill whan thay knoweth that he dreddyth gode.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.927 : Foule lust of luxurie…Nat oonly…thow fayntest mannes mynde, But verraily thow wolt his body shende.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)151/11 : Þe Spirit of soþnes þat þe world mai not receyue…Ȝe uerreyliche schullen knowe him.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4912 : I not, in soth, what I may it nevene, Ouþer a dreme or verraily a sweuene, Or…a reuelacioun.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)180/17 : Feyth…owe…to couere…vndyrstandynge…that it leue not to mych on reson natural…bot veryly to leue of hool doctrine of the chirch.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)41/14 : Þus charite is in wille verrily not in werk only.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)114 : Thai…ben feble, not able to fight…nor thai haue wepen, nor money…But verely thai liven in the most extreme pouertie and miserie.
6.
(a) As a parenthetical asseverative, often with diminished force or as rime tag: assuredly, in fact, no doubt, indeed;
(b) used before a statement as an asseverative: surely; also used to initiate a statement or an imperative: well, come; also as an affirmative response.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.20.12 : Verreylich my syster sche is, þe douȝter of my fader.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.3.38 : In the place is verrely sum vertu of God.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1311 : A wyf is goddes yifte, verraily; Alle othere manere yiftes…been yiftes of fortune.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3637 : Verraily…It helpeth nat.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1424 : Verrayliche [vrr. verraylisch, verliche] him semed that he hadde The selve wit.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)298 : Sothfastnes and Mercy Sal sone be made gode frendes, verraly.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1180 : Ȝe, sire…certeynly, to me hath he spoken, ful verrayly.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)288 : For God so wisly upon my soule rewe, As verrayly [vr. werraly] ye sleen me with the peyne.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)594 : Virgill thurgh his vertus, veruayle [?read: verrayle], he maket Bodyes of brighte brasse full boldely to speke.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2928 : Þat bild was all of brynt gold…Þe wessell to vyse on was verraly þe same.
- c1460 Dub.Abraham (Dub 432)336 : God…Bad me take Isaac…and bren hym, veralye, Aboue vpon yondre hille.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)882/2 : Ys such a noyse that who hyryth hit veryly shall nyghe be madde.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)1722 : That was heraude, veraily, in-dede!
- a1500 Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149)106 : Yt ys verely the same.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 34.12 : Verrely forsoþe, god shal not condempnen in veyn.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.3.91 : ‘Wher we senten not three men…in to mydil of fyre?’ Whiche answeringe to the kyng saiden, ‘Verrely, kyng.’
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.374 : Verrili þou art Goddis Sone.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)994 : Ihesu…verrayly One thi saule he hafe mercy.
- a1450(a1387) PPl.A(2) (RwlPoet 137)12.28 : Quid est ueritas…verilyche tel vs.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1185/7 : Veryly sir…hit ys noysed that he slew hym.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)171/306a : Veryly…There was no Mason…Wold take a dragme of gold a day.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)194 : He that hathe þe Ringe of Feithe, vereliche he shalle have al thinges to his likinge.
- a1500 Veryly (Cmb Ff.1.6)1 : Veryly And truly…I haue you yeue My hert.
7.
(a) As if in reality, as it were;—often used to suggest the unreality or unlikelihood of what appears or is imagined;
(b) in a way contrary to expectations, unrealistically;—used to point a rhetorical question with an implied negative response.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3774 : Fortune hym hadde enhaunced so in pride That verraily he wende he myghte attayne Vn to the sterres.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3615 : Hym thynketh verrailiche that he may se Noes flood come walwyng as the see.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10045 : Alle þre þoȝt þan verrylyk Before þe prest þat a chyld lay quyk.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)12 : Me dremed varelye to nyght that Sir Robert Grame shuld hafe slayne you.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)13 : The Kyng…had a sweyvyn…and semyd to hym varaly that a cruell serpent…assailid hym.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1233/28 : Nat slepynge nor thorowly wakynge…the kyng semed verryly that there cam sir Gawayne unto hym.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)128/3 : Fortune…geueth…so many good auentures that it semeth verely as it cam by miracle.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)801 : A swemfull syght all for to see In my howse apperyng verely…A chyld apperyng with wondys blody.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.18.13 : Wheþer I an old womman am verreyly to beeryng child?
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.9.15 : If verreli me kyng ȝee han ordeynyd to ȝow, cometh & vndyr my shadewe resteth.
- a1500(c1370) Chaucer Comp.L.(Benson-Robinson)114 : Verrayly Wil ye suffre than that I thus spille…for no maner gilt?
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)2417 : How myht he verrayly indeede…Restore to liff folk that been dede.
8.
The word ‘verreili’, glossing Amen used as a name for Christ.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.3.14 : Thes thinges seith Amen, that is, ‘verreyli’, the feithful witnesse and trewe.