Both Uses of
veritable
in
Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini
- At the front, the explosion had shattered the stone walls, as well as the walls beyond for hundreds of feet, exposing a veritable warren of tunnels and rooms.†
Chpt 70 *veritable = used for emphasis to introduce a dramatic metaphor
- In addition, she gave a gift of five gold crowns to every one of her subjects: a trifling amount to the nobles, but a veritable fortune to the poorer farmers.†
Chpt 73
Definition:
used for emphasis: to describe one thing as almost like another (more intense) thing