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forsooth

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1. forsooth - Noun

2. forsooth - Verb

3. forsooth - Adverb

Meaning

In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.

To address respectfully with the term forsooth.

A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. Philip Sidney

The name of happiness is but a wider term for the unalloy'd conditions of the Pleasur of Life, attendant on all function, and not to be deny'd to th' soul, unless forsooth in our thought of nature spiritual is by definition unnatural. Robert Bridges

Therefore, I bid you not dwell in hell but in heaven, or while ye must, upon earth, which is a part of heaven, and forsooth no foul part. William Morris

With help from the audience, Forsooth teaches the siblings about resilience – the ability to bounce back. Source: Internet

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