Really

//ˈɹɪə.li//

"Really" in a Sentence (27 examples)

If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.

If you look at the lyrics, they don't really mean much.

Uh, now it's really weird...

You're really not stupid.

Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?

You really don't have the right priorities!

I really need to hit somebody.

She's really smart, isn't she?

Life begins when we realize who we really are.

The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."

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We are to believe that by an extraordinary Conception by Means of the holy Ghost he in an extraordinary MANNER, (unknown to us) really assumed Flesh, and was by her nourished in the Womb and in due Time born in a natural Manner, and that whilst on Earth he was really hungry, and dry, and eat and drank as really as other Men, without, any Deception of Sight in us or Delusion whatsoever.

If we take the phenomenal world as it strikes our senses, in all its varied and wonderful powers and aspects; as the mere symbol of the Divine Presence and power, that is, according to Christ, ever in, through, and over all, as really as are causal light, heat and gravity, or as really as our own life and souls pervade every atom of our bodies, [...]

Thus Brahman must be described as ‘really real’, while a rope, or a person, or God Himself, is ‘unreally real’. And it is only the Vedantin who can distinguish the real from the unreal, for to others all seems real.

"He really is a true friend." / "Really? What makes you so sure?"

But ma, I really, really want to go to the show!

It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].

A: He won the Nobel Prize yesterday.

A: You know, I saw Oliver the other day.

B: Really? What's he been up to?

"Literally" is not the only word that has lost touch with reality: look at "really." That word also was meant to describe a state of reality, or literalness. Even as a substitute for "Is that so?," the word asked, "Is that true, or real?" Nowadays, one guy goes, "I literally flew off the handle," and the other guy goes "Really." It's a grunt, meaning, "I'm still here."

A: I've just been reading Shakespeare - he's one of the best authors like, ever!

A: That girl talks about herself way too much.

B: Really. She's a nightmare.

Well, really! How rude.

She wished since long to die and to be reallied with her children in heaven.

Following the election, those who had publicly opposed Harding hastened to really themselves with Republicans who had remained in the party.

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