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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