truly
- 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.
Origin of truly
Related Words for truly
rightly, sincerely, absolutely, exactly, actually, very, definitely, honestly, surely, positively, genuinely, legitimately, accurately, constantly, correctly, faithfully, firmly, honorably, loyally, preciselyExamples from the Web for truly
Contemporary Examples of truly
But he was always uncommonly gracious, a truly gentle man, willing to dispense wisdom and perspective when asked.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial AmericaJohn Avlon
January 4, 2015
The latest novel from Samantha Harvey is truly superb, but left its reviewer at a loss for how to describe it.
“I truly believe there is a Santa Claus” said Rep. Kerry Bentivolio.
I recognize my inability to truly understand these events in the same context or view these events through exactly the same prism.
Amelia says some truly terrible things to Sam, supposedly inhabited by the Babadook but really consumed in grief.
Historical Examples of truly
Tell me, Clary, and tell me truly—Do you not continue to correspond with Mr. Lovelace?
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
I wish he were here now, even he,—any one who loved me truly, and whom I could love only a little.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
And if our flaws are endless, God's love is truly boundless.
Until he has been part of a cause larger than himself, no man is truly whole.
Why, truly, his last will shewed what effect your smooth obligingness had upon him!
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
truly
- in a true, just, or faithful manner
- (intensifier)a truly great man
- indeed; really
Word Origin and History for truly
Old English treowlice, from treow (see true).