Usage of "in truth" | TermGallery

Portuguese

In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

As an actual or existing fact.

Usage of in truth in English

I do hope to make the alibi a fact in truth, however. 
 Arabian nights with a rake 

I hope I look queenly and dignified; in truth I feel murderous. 
 The White Queen 

That such regions in truth existed, seemed amply clear from many things. 
 The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft 

And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning. 
 Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side 

The stone, in truth, seems the natural symbol of the Celtic races. 
 Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian 

That comment was, in truth, a contender for understatement of Open week. 
 The Guardian 

They seem the streets of a city; and in truth they are. 
 The Irish Race in the Past and the Present 

But in truth the only question is how much they win by. 
 The Guardian 

Absurd allegations that have absolutely no bearing in truth, Ms McEnany responded. 
 News.com.au 

For in truth the boys were absorbing the glory of the moonlight. 
 The Court of Boyville 

Well, in truth, it's the least sexy word in the English language. 
 The new yorker 

Just to believe in truth and in the Word is not faith. 
 The Gist of Swedenborg 

And, in truth, there was still plenty beyond the officiating to debate. 
 The Guardian 

And it has in truth been so too in art and authorship. 
 An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope 

He was in truth no novice in the art of purchasing votes. 
 The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ... 

Yet in truth, there is little optimistic about MacMillan's vision of history. 
 The Guardian 

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Meanings of in truth in English