"in truth" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in truth, {{en-PP}} in truth
  1. Truthfully, to tell the truth, in fact.
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          "text": "So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.",
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