Synonyms for verity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ver-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛr ɪ ti


Définition of verity

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French and Old French verite "truth," from Latin veritatem (nominative veritas) "truth, truthfulness," from verus "true" (see very). Modern French vérité, literally "truth," borrowed 1966 as a term for naturalism or realism in film, etc.
  • noun truth
Example sentences :
  • In verity he knew it as glibly as the alphabet, for he was infinitely painstaking.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Of a verity this American autumn, or fall, as they call it, is a most delicate season.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of America » by Tyrone Power
  • When he looked at it directly and simply like that, there was nothing that could blur the verity of it.
  • Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
  • For not for four years thereafter did he in verity begin to reign.
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Yet where can lie the verity of the faith, if not in Holy Writ?
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • I to the lawyer went, and found that it was so—of a verity—so!
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Mine » by Bret Harte
  • To see our own home in flames is not to see fire in its verity.
  • Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Do truth and verity apply to thought and speech or to persons?
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • That you are my prisoner in verity is enough for me, but not for others.
  • Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston
  • It shall be Rose, and then I can call her mine; for in verity I love the child.'
  • Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith

Antonyms for verity

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