forsooth

1. (archaic or poetic) Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.Examples: "A fit man, forsooth, to governe a realme!"; "[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."Synonyms: in point of fact, in truth, to tell the truth, actually, all things considered, as a matter of fact, by right, come to think of itarchaicnot-comparablepoetic