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INDEED

indeed - r 
(used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc.; "Wants to marry the butler? Indeed!" 

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Synonyms

absolutely, certainly, easily, naturally, really, surely, truly, undeniably, undoubtedly, very, very much, amen

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Examples

She said Katie was very sweet indeed, but sadly in need of proper instruction.

Indeed, books have meant so much more in my education than in that of others, that I shall go back to the time when I began to read.

Japan must indeed be a paradise for children to judge from the great number of playthings which are manufactured there.

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Etymology

c. 1600, a contraction into one word of the prepositional phrase in dede "in fact, in truth, in reality" (early 14c.), from Old English dæd "a doing, act, action, event" (see deed (n.)). As an interjection, 1590s; as an expression of surprise or disgust, 1834. Emphatic form yes (or no) indeedy attested from 1856, American English.

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