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Truly

//ˈtɹuːli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.

    "He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory."

  2. 2
    Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really. modal

    "That is truly all I know."

  3. 3
    Very.

    "You are truly silly."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in accordance with truth or fact or reality wordnet
  2. 2
    in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) wordnet
  3. 3
    by right wordnet
  4. 4
    with sincerity; without pretense wordnet

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.

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