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English
Etymology
From Middle English sothefastly, soþfasstlike, soðfæstlice, from Old English sōþfæstlīċe, equivalent to soothfast + -ly.
Adverb
soothfastly (comparative more soothfastly, superlative most soothfastly)
- (archaic) Actually; truthfully; honestly.
2012, Evelyn Underhill, The Cloud of Unknowing: —insomuch that thou or another, for such onehead that feeleth the perfection of this work, may soothfastly by witness of Scripture be called a God—
2013, originally written 1410-1420, Julian of Norwich, The Showings of Divine Love:And notwithstanding all this, I saw soothfastly that our Lord was never wroth, nor ever shall be.