I wis

adverb

assuredly, truly, indeed

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Meanings

adverbI wis (comparative more I wis, superlative most I wis)

comparative more I wis · superlative most I wis

  1. assuredly, truly, indeed

    I wis, your grandam had a worser match

    c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]
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