truly

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/ˈtɹuːli/

adv 3

Collocations

ADJ.

all, calm, difficult, gorgeous, happy, loose, loved, nice

She looked truly happy when she saw the surprise party we had planned for her.

VERB + TRULY

adds, care, tell

I need to tell you truly that I've never seen anything like it before.

TRULY + NOUN

baby, day, essence, israelite, tail

She understood the truly essence of what it meant to be a good friend.

Definitions

adv

In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.

He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.

Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

That is truly all I know.

Truly, that is all I know.

Very.

You are truly silly.

I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — in accordance with truth or fact or reality

genuinely
really

adverb — in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

really

adverb — by right

rightfully

adverb — with sincerity

sincerely
unfeignedly

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

yours truly

Used to close a note or letter.

Please write back soon! Yours truly, Alice.

well and truly

Completely; utterly; without doubt.

Many people remained in their hiding places until the war was well and truly over.

Example Bank

He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.

Wiktionary

That is truly all I know.

Wiktionary

Truly, that is all I know.

Wiktionary

No money, no job, no friends. He was truly at loose ends.

Tatoeba · #18572

The sea was truly calm.

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It is truly regrettable.

Tatoeba · #33067

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