Ywis

adv.

1.

Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. "Ywis," quod he, "it is full dear, I say." - Chaucer. She answered me, "I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato." - Ascham. A right good knight, and true of word ywis. - Spenser. Our ship, I wis, Shall be of another form than this. - Longfellow.

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