forsooth

adv

1. (archaic, not-comparable, poetic)Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.

   “Near-synonyms: true that, facts”

   “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.”

   “The four boys pumped up their hate to hissing steam. Harmless, quotha. Innocent, forsooth.”