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truly

UK/ˈtɹuːli/ US/ˈtruli/ common

adverb

1.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

  • “she was now truly American”
  • “a genuinely open society”
  • “they don”
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2.

by right

  • “baseball rightfully is the nation”
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3.

with sincerity; without pretense

  • “she praised him sincerely for his victory”
  • “was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher”
  • “we are truly sorry for the inconvenience”
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4.

in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

  • “in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire”
  • “really, you shouldn”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.

Phrases

  • really truly
  • truly yours
  • well and truly
  • yours truly

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