"truly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈtɹuːli/ Audio: en-us-truly.ogg Forms: trulier [comparative], more truly [comparative], truliest [superlative], most truly [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːli 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|truely}} Middle English truely, {{inh|en|ang|trēowlīċe|t=faithfully; truly}} Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), {{af|en|true|-ly|id2=adverbial}} true + -ly, {{cog|nl|trouwelijk}} Dutch trouwelijk, {{cog|gml|truwlike}} Middle Low German truwlike, {{cog|de|treulich}} German treulich, {{cog|sv|trolig}} Swedish trolig, {{cog|is|trygglega}} Icelandic trygglega Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} truly (comparative trulier or more truly, superlative truliest or most truly)
  1. (manner) In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately. Synonyms (truthfully, accurately): frankly Translations (in accordance with the facts): ἀληθῶς (alēthôs) (Ancient Greek), সঁচাকৈ (xõsakoi) (Assamese), вярно (vjarno) (Bulgarian), точно (točno) (Bulgarian), 真正地 (zhēnzhèng de) (Chinese Mandarin), pravdivě (Czech), vere (Esperanto), fakte (Esperanto), todenmukaisesti (Finnish), totuudenmukaisesti (Finnish), vraiment (French), wirklich (German), wahrhaft (German), ειλικρινά (eilikriná) (Greek), αληθώς (alithós) (Greek), वास्तव में (vāstav mẽ) (Hindi), accuratamente (Italian), 事実のとおりに (jijitsu no tōri) (alt: じじつのとおりに) (Japanese), ăman (Jingpho), autentycznie (Polish), naprawdę (Polish), serio (Polish), szczerze (Polish), prawdziwie (Polish), verdadeiramente (Portuguese), corretamente (Portuguese), într-adevăr (Romanian), правди́во (pravdívo) (Russian), и́скренне (ískrenne) (Russian), че́стно (čéstno) (Russian), ве́рно (vérno) (Russian), и́стинно (ístinno) (Russian), veraménti (Sicilian), verdaderamente (Spanish), నిజముగా (nijamugā) (Telugu), auspa (Tocharian B), tru (Tok Pisin), спра́вді (správdi) (Ukrainian), і́стинно (ístynno) (Ukrainian), ilumun (Yup'ik)
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  2. (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really. Tags: modal Synonyms (in fact, really): in point of fact Translations (honestly, genuinely): ὄντως (óntōs) (Ancient Greek), ысынлап та (ısınlap ta) (Bashkir), правдиво (pravdivo) (Bulgarian), искрено (iskreno) (Bulgarian), veritablement (Catalan), ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ (udohiyuhi) (Cherokee), 真實地 (Chinese Mandarin), 真实地 (zhēnshí de) (Chinese Mandarin), opravdu (Czech), doopravdy (Czech), waarlijk (Dutch), oprecht (Dutch), vere (Esperanto), ausalt (Estonian), todella (Finnish), tosiaan (Finnish), vraiment (French), ehrlich (German), wirklich (German), 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 (raihtis) (Gothic), πράγματι (prágmati) (Greek), όντως (óntos) (Greek), वाक़ई (vāqaī) (Hindi), वास्तव में (vāstav mẽ) (Hindi), tényleg (Hungarian), valóban (Hungarian), igazán (Hungarian), veramente (Italian), 真実に (shinjitsu ni) (alt: しんじつに) (Japanese), ពិតជា (pɨt cie) (Khmer), 정말 (jeongmal) (Korean), vere (Latin), enim (Latin), autentycznie (Polish), prawdziwie (Polish), szczerze (Polish), naprawdę (Polish), serio (Polish), verdadeiramente (Portuguese), realmente (Portuguese), sincer (Romanian), într-adevăr (Romanian), на са́мом де́ле (na sámom déle) (Russian), действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno) (Russian), че́стно (čéstno) (english: honestly) (Russian), и́скренне (ískrenne) (english: sincerely) (Russian), по-настоя́щему (po-nastojáščemu) (Russian), verdaderamente (Spanish), auspa (Tocharian B), tru (Tok Pisin), спра́вді (správdi) (Ukrainian)
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  3. (degree) Very. Synonyms (very): extremely Translations (very): наистина (naistina) (Bulgarian), 真的 (zhēn de) (Chinese Mandarin), vážně (Czech), opravdu (Czech), doopravdy (Czech), todella (Finnish), echt (German), πράγματι (prágmati) (Greek), όντως (óntos) (Greek), sangat (Indonesian), molto (Italian), veramente (Italian), 本当に (hontō ni) (alt: ほんとうに) (Japanese), (cham) (Korean), naprawdę (Polish), realmente (Portuguese), verdadeiramente (Portuguese), действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno) (Russian), realmente (Spanish), tru (Tok Pisin)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sincerely, honestly, literally, actually, exceedingly, very, trooly [obsolete], truely [archaic], trully [obsolete] Derived forms: truly yours, untruly, well and truly, yours truly

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "truly yours"
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          "very"
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        "(degree) Very."
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      "sense": "truthfully, accurately",
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      "sense": "in fact, really",
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "xõsakoi",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "সঁচাকৈ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vjarno",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "вярно"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "točno",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "точно"
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      "roman": "zhēnzhèng de",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "真正地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "pravdivě"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "vere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "fakte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "todenmukaisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "totuudenmukaisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "vraiment"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "wirklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "wahrhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eilikriná",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "ειλικρινά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alithós",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "αληθώς"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "alēthôs",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "ἀληθῶς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vāstav mẽ",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "वास्तव में"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "accuratamente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じじつのとおりに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jijitsu no tōri",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "事実のとおりに"
    },
    {
      "code": "kac",
      "lang": "Jingpho",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "ăman"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "autentycznie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "naprawdę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "serio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "szczerze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "prawdziwie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "verdadeiramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "corretamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "într-adevăr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pravdívo",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "правди́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ískrenne",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "и́скренне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čéstno",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "че́стно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vérno",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "ве́рно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ístinno",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "и́стинно"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "veraménti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "verdaderamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nijamugā",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "నిజముగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "auspa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "tru"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "správdi",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "спра́вді"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ístynno",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "і́стинно"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "in accordance with the facts",
      "word": "ilumun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ısınlap ta",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "ысынлап та"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravdivo",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "правдиво"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iskreno",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "искрено"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "veritablement"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "udohiyuhi",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "真實地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnshí de",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "真实地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "opravdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "doopravdy"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "waarlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "oprecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "vere"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "ausalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "todella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "tosiaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "vraiment"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "ehrlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "wirklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "raihtis",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prágmati",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "πράγματι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "óntos",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "όντως"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "óntōs",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "ὄντως"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vāqaī",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "वाक़ई"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vāstav mẽ",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "वास्तव में"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "tényleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "valóban"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "igazán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "veramente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんじつに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinjitsu ni",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "真実に"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pɨt cie",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "ពិតជា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeongmal",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "정말"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "vere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "enim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "autentycznie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "prawdziwie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "szczerze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "naprawdę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "serio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "verdadeiramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "realmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "sincer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "într-adevăr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na sámom déle",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "на са́мом де́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelʹno",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "действи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "honestly",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čéstno",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "че́стно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "sincerely",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ískrenne",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "и́скренне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po-nastojáščemu",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "по-настоя́щему"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "verdaderamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "auspa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "tru"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "správdi",
      "sense": "honestly, genuinely",
      "word": "спра́вді"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naistina",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "наистина"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēn de",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "真的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "vážně"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "opravdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "doopravdy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "todella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "echt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prágmati",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "πράγματι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "óntos",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "όντως"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "sangat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "molto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "veramente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほんとうに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hontō ni",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "本当に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cham",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "참"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "naprawdę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "realmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "verdadeiramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dejstvítelʹno",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "действи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "realmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "very",
      "word": "tru"
    }
  ],
  "word": "truly"
}

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