01 adv. Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.
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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.