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INDEED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.

Example:

Wants to marry the butler? Indeed!

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

irony (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In truth (often tends to intensify)

Example:

he did so do it!

Synonyms:

indeed; so

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

Poole had, indeed, no very pleasant news to communicate.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then the tribute the mob paid him was a sorry tribute indeed, for that same mob had wallowed "Ephemera" into the mire.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Indeed, some people have already likened the shape to a duck, with a distinct body and head.

(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)

This is indeed what the group found—the patients were less susceptible to the condition and had less inflammation and bone loss compared to age- and gender-matched volunteers.

(Researchers identify immune culprits linked to inflammation and bone loss in gum disease, National Institutes of Health)

And most of the research on depression has indeed focused on such personal factors.

(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)

Because, indeed, we have to allow 15 years for a cancer to develop.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

Indeed, a number of studies have suggested that white people in the United States tend to perceive the expressions of black people as being angrier than ‘white’ facial expressions.

(White people’s perceptions of the emotions on black people’s faces are less accurate than their perceptions among other white people, University of Granada)

Before she answered, that sweet, puckered look came into her forehead, which Arthur—I call him Arthur from her habit—says he loves; and, indeed, I don't wonder that he does.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But it was in vain; I slept, indeed, but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

’Pon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)