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i' faith

adv

Definitions

  1. In faith

    In faith; indeed, truly.

    • Give me your answer; i’ faith, do: and so clap hands and a bargain: how say you, lady?
    • 1682, Aphra Behn, Sir Patient Fancy, London: Richard Tonson & Jacob Tonson, Act II, Scene 1, pp. 23-24, […] if you lov’d Hawking, Drinking, and Whoring,—oh Lord, I mean Hunting, i’ faith there be good fellows wou’d keep you company Madam.
    • I’ faith, friend Blunt, that little harangue of yours has had a better effect, and done more good in five minutes, than all the m—l force of the kingdom could have effected in a week.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA