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iwis (adv.) Old form(s): I wis , I'wis , I-wis
[archaism] assuredly, certainly, truly
MV II.ix.68[Arragon reading the portrait's schedule] There be fools alive iwis, / Silvered o'er
Per Chorus.II.2[Gower alone, of Antiochus] His child, iwis, to incest bring
R3 I.iii.101[Richard to Rivers, of Queen Elizabeth's marriage] Iwis your grandam had a worser match
TS I.i.62[Katherina to Hortensio, of marriage] Iwis it is not halfway to her heart
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