truly

[ troo-lee ]

/ ˈtru li /

in accordance with fact or truth; truthfully.

exactly; accurately; correctly.

rightly; properly; duly.

legitimately; by right.

really; genuinely; authentically.

indeed; verily.

sincerely: yours truly.

Archaic. faithfully; loyally.

Nearby words

before 1000; Middle English treuli, Old English trēowlīce. See true, -ly

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I recognize my inability to truly understand these events in the same context or view these events through exactly the same prism.
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Amelia says some truly terrible things to Sam, supposedly inhabited by the Babadook but really consumed in grief.
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That child was as truly an object of reverence to us as any patient sufferer of mature age.
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"My case is rather an ugly one to look back upon, truly," Charter granted.
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The Maid had by her first triumph given the "sign" so oft demanded of her that she was truly the envoy of God.
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O my dear sisters, truly Eve hath many daughters who imitate their mother, who answer in this manner.
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And this must be true always where our interests are truly Christian interests.
Our Lady Saint Mary|J. G. H. Barry

/ (ˈtruːlɪ) /

in a true, just, or faithful manner

(intensifier)a truly great man

indeed; really

adv.

Old English treowlice, from treow (see true).