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truly

[troo-lee]

adverb

  1. in accordance with fact or truth; truthfully.

    Whatever his faults, he lived a life that can be truly said to be significant.

  2. legitimately; by right.

    Those assets and properties are no longer truly his.

  3. really; genuinely; honestly.

    We're truly sorry for the delay.

  4. to the fullest extent or degree.

    The property should be viewed to truly appreciate all it has to offer.

  5. to a great extent or degree.

    The film is littered with some truly dreadful sequences.

  6. sincerely (a conventional term used at the end of a letter).

    Yours truly, Allan Burns.

  7. exactly; accurately; correctly.

    The clock runs truly.

  8. rightly; properly; duly.

    To truly worship God, we must know Him and not be ignorant of His glorious nature.

  9. indeed; without doubt; verily.

    Truly, she is a fair-haired angel.

  10. Archaic.,  faithfully; loyally.



truly

/ ˈtruːlɪ /

adverb

  1. in a true, just, or faithful manner

  2. (intensifier)

    a truly great man

  3. indeed; really

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of truly1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English treuli, Old English trēowlīce; tru(e) + -ly ( def. )
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In their view, it’s “truly a win-win” for both companies, and potentially puts pressure on the market for application-specific integrated circuits, which poses a growing challenge to Nvidia’s dominance.

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As wine service has become more egalitarian and welcoming in the past few decades, I was truly taken aback to meet such a somm.

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Classify me however you want—liberal/conservative, gentile/Jew—I am an American and will never be truly comfortable in any other place.

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When you’re the Yankees’ captain, however, the only month that truly matters is the final one on the baseball calendar.

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The railroad cut the time down sharply—to the same day, in many cases—allowing for a truly nationwide system of purchase and delivery.

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