yours truly

American  

[yoorz troo-lee, yawrz] / ˈyʊərz ˈtru li, ˈyɔrz /

adverb

1. a conventional phrase used at the end of a letter.

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pronoun

1. Informal. I; myself; me.

   I'm only in business to profit yours truly.

yours truly British  

pronoun

1. an informal term for I, myself , or me

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yours truly Idioms  

1. A closing formula for a letter, as in It was signed “Yours truly, Mary Smith.” [Late 1700s]

2. I, me, myself, as in Jane sends her love, as does yours truly . [ Colloquial ; mid-1800s]

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Etymology

Origin of yours truly

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

“Chuck Berry: The Autobiography” lays it on the table: “This book is entirely written, phrase by phrase, by yours truly, Chuck Berry.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The Moneyist, yours truly, has drawn comparisons between the labor market of today and that of the 1990s: a decline in white-collar jobs, falling consumer confidence, rising unemployment and a tightening of temporary workers.

From MarketWatch

"The White House Ballroom is being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly. This Ballroom will be happily used for Generations to come!" he said on Monday.

From Barron's

The Moneyist, yours truly, has drawn comparisons between the labor market of today with that of the 1990s: a decline in white-collar jobs, falling consumer confidence, rising unemployment, and a tightening of temporary workers.

From MarketWatch

Every person who fires the treb that day—yours truly emphatically included—gushes the same thing afterward: “Boy, that was satisfying!”

From Slate