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Definition of In truth
1. Adverb. In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers). "A truly awful book"
Definition of In truth
1. Adverb. truthfully, to tell the truth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Truth
Literary usage of In truth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... which I could not believe before of my Lord Godol- phin and the Duke of
Marlborough, and which in truth I cannot believe, and therefore could not fay it ..."
2. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"... but not in truth, nor in right- to thee in a moment in oneday, the 4 Kor they
call themselves of the loes of children, and widowhood : , holy city, ..."
3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"in truth, I have been careful to relate nothing whereof I had a doubtful memory,
and have confined myself to the strictest truth, omitting numbers of ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"In other words, that articles thus circumstanced were not in truth within the
category of goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, ..."
5. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... which I could not believe before of my Lord Godol- phin and the Duke of
Marlborough, and which in truth I cannot believe, and therefore could not fay it ..."
6. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"... but not in truth, nor in right- to thee in a moment in oneday, the 4 Kor they
call themselves of the loes of children, and widowhood : , holy city, ..."
7. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"in truth, I have been careful to relate nothing whereof I had a doubtful memory,
and have confined myself to the strictest truth, omitting numbers of ..."
8. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"In other words, that articles thus circumstanced were not in truth within the
category of goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, ..."
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