soothfastly
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sothefastly, soþfasstlike, soðfæstlice, from Old English sōþfæstlīċe, equivalent to soothfast + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]soothfastly (comparative more soothfastly, superlative most soothfastly)
- (archaic) Actually; truthfully; honestly.
- 2012, Evelyn Underhill, The Cloud of Unknowing:
- […] —insomuch that thou or another, for such onehead that feeleth the perfection of this work, may soothfastly by witness of Scripture be called a God— […]
- 2013, originally written 1410-1420, Julian of Norwich, The Showings of Divine Love:
- And notwithstanding all this, I saw soothfastly that our Lord was never wroth, nor ever shall be.