forsooth
/fɔrˈsuθ/
adverb
- Used to emphasize that something is true, often in an old-fashioned or humorous way; indeed, truly.
- Forsooth, I have never heard such a ridiculous excuse in all my life.
- The knight declared, 'I shall, forsooth, rescue the princess from the tower.'
- She claimed, forsooth, that she could finish the entire project by noon.