Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forsooth \For*sooth"\, adv. [AS. fors[=o][eth]; for, prep. +
s[=o][eth] sooth, truth. See For, prep., and Sooth.]
In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as
an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman;
now used ironically or contemptuously.
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A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm! --Hayward.
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Our old English word forsooth has been changed for the
French madam. --Guardian.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forsooth \For*sooth"\, v. t.
To address respectfully with the term forsooth. [Obs.]
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The captain of the "Charles" had forsoothed her, though
he knew her well enough and she him. --Pepys.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forsooth \For*sooth"\, n.
A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and
deferential person. [R.]
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You sip so like a forsooth of the city. --B. Jonson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
forsooth
adv 1: an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now
usually used to express disbelief
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "forsooth":
absolutely, actually, and no mistake, assuredly, at all events,
at any rate, by all means, certainly, clearly, decidedly,
decisively, definitely, distinctly, factually, for a certainty,
for a fact, for certain, for sure, historically, in fact,
in reality, in truth, in very sooth, indeed, indeedy,
most assuredly, most certainly, nothing else but, of a truth,
of course, positively, really, really-truly, surely,
to a certainty, truly, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unmistakably,
verily, veritably, with truth