Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously. 2. (v. t.) To address respectfully with the term forsooth. 3. (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.

Multi-Version Concordance Forsooth (2 Occurrences) 2 Samuel 4:10 when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead! and he was in his own sight a messenger of good, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag to whom forsooth I should give a reward for his good tidings: (DBY) Lamentations 2:16 All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it. (DBY)