I must say
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English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]I must say (not comparable)
- A term of asseveration.
- 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, etc, page 265:
- “I must say, I was very happy when I met Mr. Coningsby again at Cambridge,” said Lady Wallinger. “It gave me much greater pleasure than seeing any of the colleges.”
Usage notes
[edit]- It is usually set off from the rest of the sentence by commas.