My comfort was, that it happened a long time ago, and that he had doubtless been transported a long way off, and that he was dead to me, and might be veritably dead into the bargain.
emphasis You can use veritable to emphasize the size, amount, or nature of something. a veritable feast of pre-match entertainment. a word used to emphasize a description of someone or something = real (verite; VERITY)
not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"