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Definition of "ywis" []

  • Variant of iwis. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ywis" in a sentence
  • "Think not that I have forgotten thy sometime promises, Though long thou hast protracted thy cruelty, ywis."
  • ""One, who in dalliance affects the male, no female is, And he who is effeminate of step's no male, ywis.""
  • "'Sir king,' quoth Merlin then, 'such thingë's ywis"