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How to spell indeed

What it means: In truth; used for emphasis.

In a sentence: The ice cream was tasty indeed! ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e. Often misspelled as indead or indead.

Same family: deed, indeedly, action, truly, certainly. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Indeed” comes from the phrase “in deed,” which originally meant “in action” or “in fact,” contrasting what people do with what they say. Over time, it merged into one word and is now used mainly to emphasize that something is really true.

Patterns it uses: Prefixes keep every letter

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