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verily

[ver-uh-lee] / ˈvɛr ə li /


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It is a tragicomedy, a hybrid of past and present, a pastiche and an original yarn, a verily fun and achingly melancholy novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021

An article in The Muskogee Comet, a Black newspaper, from June 23, 1904, proclaimed that the Tulsa area “may verily be called the Eden of the West for the colored people.”

From New York Times • May 25, 2021

We believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord.

From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2021

I liketh not the egg of greenish hue, Nor care I for thy cut of proffered ham, So, verily, if to myself be true, I shall not eat thy dish, Sir Sam-I-Am.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

I wanted to hear a big voice on the phone say “Yea, verily, this is me, God. It’s all good, my man, and will be ultracool in the end. Don’t worry about it.”

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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