truly
Meanings
Adverb
- in accordance with truth or fact or reality
- "she was now truly American"
- by right
- with sincerity; without pretense
- "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience"
- in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
- "a truly awful book"
Adv
- In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
- Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
- Very.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
actually, exceedingly, extremely, frankly, genuinely, honestly, in point of fact, in truth, literally, really, rightfully, sincerely, unfeignedly, very
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
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