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indeed

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/ɪnˈdiːd/
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/ɪnˈdiːd/ · /ɪnˈdid/

Definition of indeed

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (modal, not-comparable)Synonym of actually or truly.
    “Indeed, he made several misplays.”
    “Yes, I do indeed look very similar to you.”
    “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.”
    “I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time that he wore kilts. But I see that 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.”
    “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.”
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adv

  1. (modal, not-comparable)Synonym of actually or truly.
    “Indeed, he made several misplays.”
    “Yes, I do indeed look very similar to you.”
    “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.”
    “I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time that he wore kilts. But I see that 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.”
    “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.”
  2. (not-comparable)In fact.
    “As a soccer player, he is terrible indeed.”

intj

  1. Indicates agreement with another speaker's previous statement.
    “"I am a great runner." "Indeed!"”
  2. Indicates doubt or disagreement with another speaker's previous statement.
    “"I am a great runner." "Indeed?"”

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Etymology

From Middle English indede, univerbation of the phrase in dede (“in sooth, in fact”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian innerdoat, innedoat (“indeed”), West Frisian yndied (“indeed”), Dutch inderdaad (“indeed”), German in der Tat (“indeed”). By surface analysis, in + deed. Compare in fact, in truth, etc. First attested in the early 14ᵗʰ century.

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