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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ve.raˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|vero|-mente]], with the feminine ⟨vera⟩ before the adverbial suffix, as in all adverbs in ⟨-mente⟩.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Wiktionary) The Italian Wikizionario traces it to a Latin phrase [[m|la|vērus|alt=vērā mente]] “with a true mind”.^(Wikizionario) The same formation is [[fr|vraiment]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ GRADIT and Devoto–Oli date the adverb to the second half of the 13th century.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) DELI's first records are in the ''Fiore'' and in Dante's ''Convivio'' (1304–1308), where the word is found nearly eighty times;^(DELI 1999) Giordano da Pisa (1305–1306) uses it beside ''veracemente''.^(DELI 1999) The GDLI quotes it from the ''Ritmo di Sant'Alessio'' and, from Bondie Dietaiuti.^(GDLI|21, 760)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dante already used ''veramente'' as a limiting conjunction, “however, nevertheless”, in the ''Commedia'' (1300–1313), after [[la|vērum|t=but]].^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Boccaccio has ''sì veramente che'' “on condition that”, now archaic.^(Devoto–Oli 2026) The use in questions expressing surprise or doubt, ''Veramente?'' “Really?”, is recorded in 1879 in Tommaseo–Bellini.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Second half of the 13th century – ''Veramente'' is first recorded.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1300–1313 – Dante uses it in the sense “however”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1304–1308 – Dante uses it almost eighty times in the ''Convivio''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1879 – Tommaseo–Bellini records its use in questions of surprise.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|really]], truly, in accordance with the truth: ''Le cose sono andate veramente così.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # As an intensifier, really, very: ''un film veramente bello''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

+ # In questions, expressing surprise or disbelief: ''«Ho vinto io.» «Veramente?»''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # As a qualifier, [[m|en|actually]], to tell the truth, though: ''Io, veramente, preferirei restare.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vero]]

+ * [[davvero]]

+ * [[verità]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}