All 5 Uses

veritable
in
Interview with the Vampire
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I turned on Lestat now and veritably dragged him towards the bed.†
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And all the while, as the death wish caused me to neglect my thirst, my thirst grew hotter; my veins were veritable threads of pain in my flesh; my temples throbbed; and finally I could stand it no longer.†
Part 1

veritable = used for emphasis to introduce a dramatic metaphor
He drew her close now, and she kissed him, remarking through her laughter that he was a veritable furnace of passion.†
Part 1
And finally she crowded the high French windows with a veritable garden of camellia and fern.†
Part 3
She turned, tossing her hair so it became a veritable shower of gold, a rich and living thing over the dust off her poor clothing.†
Part 3

Definitions:

(1) (veritable)
used for emphasis: to describe one thing as almost like another (more intense) thing
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)