in these dark times, in deed

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dictionaries -

'in truth (often tends to intensify); "they said we would
break down and indeed we did"; "it is very cold indeed"; "was
indeed grateful"; "indeed, the war may still come"; "he did so
do it!" (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or
skepticism or irony etc.; "Wants to survive? Now?? Indeed!"'

'Indeed \In*deed"\, adv. [Prep. in + deed.] In reality; in
truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense.
Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting
concession or admission; as, indeed, we suffer. (c) Denoting
surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or
fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it
accompanies.'

but of greater interest, perhaps, as a delay, 'as it were,' a
performative of presence and temporal elongation, since indeed
it conveys, particularly in the 19th century, an enunciation of
a speaker, of a speaking _body,_ the assertion of that body; a
phenomenology may be built upon this. indeed, even zero decays.

indeed, even zero decays; there is not enough time in the world;
what ill gains are to be gotten; how do we resist a world of
evil men, indeed; would they have never been born, indeed; in
deed they might fall; indeed, madam, we might survive, in deed.

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