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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ywis

· Y·wis · IPA
01 adv. Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.
  1. 1.
    Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.[Obs. or Archaic]
    ““Ywis,” quod he, “it is full dear, I say.”” Chaucer.
    “She answered me, “I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato.”” — Ascham.
    “A right good knight, and true of word ywis.” Spenser.
    “Our ship, I wis, Shall be of another form than this.” Longfellow.