Pronunciations (2)
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/fɔɹˈsuθ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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fɔɹˈsuθ
Pronunciation notes
- US
Adverb
Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.
Usage- Archaic
- not-comparable
- Poetic
- Related words
- Examples
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Near-synonyms: true that, facts
A fit man, forsooth, to governe a realme!
More examples (4)
[F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]
‘Saint forsooth!’ said ill-natured Mrs. Brady.
The four boys pumped up their hate to hissing steam. Harmless, quotha. Innocent, forsooth.
Her eyes widened. She squeaked a bit. "Don't tell me she caught you bending again?" "Bending is right. I was half-way under the dressing-table. You and your singing," I said, and I'm not sure I didn't add the word "Forsooth!" Her eyes widened a bit further, and she squeaked another squeak.
Adverb
an archaic word originally meaning ‘in truth’ but now usually used to express disbelief