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as in frankly
to tell the truth
forsooth, the rumor is true: this lovely lass and I are getting married!
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as in surely
without any question
you're getting married without a penny to your name—a pretty story forsooth!
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forsooth
Adverb
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Quite frankly, there are many jobs that leave writers free to write, but Paul skips the obvious bar, club and Uber shifts by signing up for a website called Jobber.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025 -
Comments and actions like these are, frankly, dehumanizing and racist.—
Danielle Nierenberg,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Some will surely be reminded of 2019’s Parasite, which of course turned Park’s good friend and occasional collaborator Bong Joon-ho into a household name.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Aug. 2025
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Cilento, south of Salerno has abundant space and will surely reveal a number of outstanding wines over the coming years.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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And honestly, the relationship is way better than before.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
24 Aug. 2025
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But, honestly, most of the time, people are just people—talking about their kids, their dogs, or whether their soccer team won at the weekend.—
Rohan Banerjee,
Time,
23 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Keys’ career certainly hit its high point this past year, with her big win at the Australian Open.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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And the Shillings certainly weren’t happy with the amount.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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His first career interception actually place in the Super Bowl win over the Chiefs.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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In a love triangle, people can get so caught up in their teams but forget that these two are actually brothers and a relationship can be impacted there.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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And the experiment sure hasn’t helped California’s reading scores.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
24 Aug. 2025
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Between individual development and injuries, things can sure shift.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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If Hill is indeed past his prime, the McDaniel era might never be the same.—
David Wilson,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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If Cook’s firing withstands a likely legal challenge, Trump could indeed claim a majority of the seven members of the Fed’s powerful Board of Governors.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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This latest Venice premiere is definitely a work of fragments, isolated scenes that amount to a fly-on-the-wall view of Lucius but are not meant to create a traditional narrative, or for the pieces to fit together as neatly as a jigsaw puzzle.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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On the other hand, Theo, whose downfall as a great architect definitely put a toll on his self-confidence, decides to build a huge, fancy house for his family.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Forsooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forsooth. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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