i' faith

Definitions

In faith; indeed, truly.

not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“Give⟳ me your answer⟳; i’ faith, do: and so clap hands and a bargain: how say⟳ you, lady?”

“1682, Aphra Behn, Sir Patient Fancy, London: Richard Tonson & Jacob Tonson, Act II, Scene 1, pp. 23-24, […] if you lov’d Hawking, Drinking, and Whoring,—oh Lord, I mean⟳ Hunting, i’ faith there be good fellows wou’d keep⟳ you company Madam.”

“I’ faith, friend Blunt, that little harangue of yours has had a better effect, and done more good in five minutes, than all the m—l force⟳ of the kingdom could have⟳ effected in a week.”

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