truly (adv.)

  1. in accordance with truth or fact or reality; she was now truly American; a genuinely open society; they dont really listen to us

    [ Syn: genuinely , genuinely , really , really , genuinely , genuinely , really , really , genuinely , genuinely , really , really , genuinely , genuinely , really , really ]

  2. by right; baseball rightfully is the nations pastime

    [ Syn: rightfully , rightfully , rightfully , rightfully , rightfully , rightfully , rightfully , rightfully ]

  3. with sincerity; without pretense; she praised him sincerely for his victory; was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher; we are truly sorry for the inconvenience

    [ Syn: sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , sincerely , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly , unfeignedly ]

  4. in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire; really, you shouldnt have done it; a truly awful book

    [ Syn: in truth , in truth , really , really , in truth , in truth , really , really , in truth , in truth , really , really , in truth , in truth , really , really ]

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