veritably

veritable | American Dictionary

veritable
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈver·ɪ·t̬ə·bəl/
(used to emphasize how great or unusual something is by comparing it to something else):
If current projections hold, Montgomery County will experience a veritable explosion in its school-age population (= it will have many more students).

Examples of veritable

veritable
Imitations and cover versions led to a veritable despoliation of black talent which has only belatedly received legal compensation and public recognition.
These sections prove elliptical, a veritable seafarer's tale with constant halts and false starts.
At neighbourhood level, the gang had similarly instituted a veritable regime of terror.
This corporatist structure amounted to a veritable shadow state.
This veritable ' skeleton in the closet' continues to trouble both ars nova aesthetics and the musicologists who concern themselves with this repertory.
In the aftermath of the war, then, social reform took on the nature of a veritable crusade.
The establishment of a veritable archaeology of technologies and of works that employ those technologies is slow.
The solution came from a veritable dialogue conducted between 'present-state beings', namely between the children and myself.
The lighted crescent stands out from the dark ground with all the finesse of chiaroscuro, a veritable explosion of full sunlight.
The group reacted by suggesting ways of going further and in this manner provided their fellow students with veritable 'responses'.
The daily bread making is a veritable family enterprise.
With surprising speed, a veritable ' elections industry ' developed around the world, acquiring increased complexity and sophistication as time went by.
On the other hand, an effort has been made throughout to sample a veritable flood - ocean - of women's and gender history.
The clocks themselves seem veritable icons of the flattened perspective.
Alongside, industrial employers, concerned about labour supply in a period of rapid expansion, generated a veritable archive on labour.
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