veritably

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But Shanks is generous without being excessive, taking the heat from a boil to a simmer and back again at record speed, creating an exciting pacing that feels as veritably dubious as any amicable breakup.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

Floods, pestilence, famines, wildfires: What he calls the “elements of climate chaos” are veritably biblical in scope.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2019

The final “Silent Night” was arranged by the group’s young director and founder, Matthew Robertson, in a veritably baroque exegesis that piled up voices in a pulsing superstructure around the familiar tune.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2018

“No, Ma’am,” he veritably sang into the phone, “no pickup trucks from downtown this evening. Must be your lucky day!”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

He felt that if once he went beyond the crown of the pass and took one step veritably down into the land of Mordor, that step would be irrevocable.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien