Antonyms for verity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ver-i-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛr ɪ ti |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for verity
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