adverb
- in truth; indeed (used to express irony or mild sarcasm)
Usage: archaic; often ironic
Examples
- Forsooth, you expect me to believe that tale?
- He claims to be a knight, forsooth!
- Forsooth, what manner of excuse is this?
- The lord, forsooth, has graced us with his presence.
- You would have me wait here all day, forsooth?
- Forsooth, I have never heard such nonsense.