indeed

indeed
adv
1. truly, in fact, in truth, in reality, precisely, exactly, verily, Archaic. forsooth, Archaic. pardi; surely, certainly, assuredly, Archaic. certes; I assure you, on my honor, by my troth, upon my word, on my oath, I swear; of course, by all means, Brit.Hear! Hear!, amen, naturally, as you say, as you wish; to be sure, quite, absolutely, positively, just so, Brit. rather; as a matter of fact, in point of fact, to tell the truth, all joking aside, in all seriousness, seriously, strictly speaking, in effect.
2. yes, aye, yea, Inf. yeah, Inf. yep; yes sir, yes ma'am, affirmative, Inf. yes sirree, Inf. yes indeedy; all right, alright, OK, Inf. righto, Inf. roger; very well, good, good enough, fine. —interj.
3. really, you don't say, you're kidding, is it so, Fr. n'est-cepas; egad, gad, zounds, gad so, what, what ho, my word, Sl. for crying out loud; good lord, by jove, by george, by jiminy, my stars, oh my, Archaic. marry; holy Moses, holy Christmas, holy mackerel, holy cow, holy smoke, God bless me, heavens and earth, my stars; my goodness, good gracious, goodness gracious, well, good heavens, dear me, good night, Sl. heavens to Betsy; cheese and crackers, Inf. golly, Inf. gee, Sl. geez, Sl. geewhiz.
4. mercy, Sl. land sakes alive, Sl. shiver me timbers, Sl. well I'll be blowed, Sl. blow me down, Sl. well I'll be a monkey's uncle, Sl.I'll be jiggered; what on earth, what in the world, did you ever, I declare, as I live and breathe, the deuce you say, I'll be, can you beat that; imagine, fancy, fancy that, well I never, do tell; what do you know, will wonders never cease, what do you know about that, Latin, mirabile dictu, Fr. sacre bleu.

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