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Webster 1913 Edition
Indeed
In-deed′
,adv.
[Prep.
in + deed
.] In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; – used in a variety of senses. Esp.:
(a)
Denoting emphasis; as,
. indeed
it is so(b)
Denoting concession or admission; as,
. indeed
, you are right(c)
Denoting surprise; as,
. indeed
, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompaniesThe carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither
indeed
can be. Rom. viii. 7.
I were a beast
indeed
to do you wrong. Dryden.
There is,
indeed
, no great pleasure in visiting these magazines of war. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indeed
INDEE'D
,adv.
The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Rom.8.
Indeed is usually emphatical, but in some cases more so than in others; as,this is true; it is indeed.
I were a beast indeed to do you wrong.
Some sons indeed; some very few we see,
Who keep themselves from this infection free.
There is indeed no greater pleasure in visiting these magazines of war--
It is used to note concession or admission; as, ships not so large indeed, but better manned.
Indeed is used as an expression of surprise, or for the purpose of obtaining confirmation of a fact stated. Indeed! is it possible? is it so in fact?
Definition 2024
indeed
indeed
English
Alternative forms
- endeed (obsolete)
Adverb
indeed (not comparable)
- (modal) Truly; in fact; actually.
- Indeed, he made several misplays.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapterII:
- Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]
- 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
- (degree, after the adjective modified) In fact.
- As a soccer player he is terrible indeed.
Synonyms
- (actually): certainly, definitely, in fact, indubitably, really, surely, truly, undoubtedly
Translations
modal: truly; in fact; actually
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degree: in fact
Interjection
indeed
- indicates emphatic agreement
- "I'm a great runner." "Indeed!"
Synonyms
Translations
indication of agreement
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