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Re-ally5 entries found. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v. t.] To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Really \Re"al*ly`\, adv. Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Really \Re"al*ly\, adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth. Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. --Swift. Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration. Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young. From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn] really adv 1: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us" [syn: {truly}, {genuinely}] 2: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn: {actually}] 3: (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"; (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to express disbelief) [syn: {in truth}, {truly}, {forsooth}] 4: intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn") [syn: {very}, {real}, {rattling}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils] REALLY, adv. Apparently. |
Re-ally5 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v. t.]
To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Really \Re"al*ly`\, adv.
Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Really \Re"al*ly\, adv.
In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.
--Swift.
Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight
corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.
Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
really
adv 1: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now
truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they
don't really listen to us" [syn: {truly}, {genuinely}]
2: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn: {actually}]
3: (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth,
moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire";
"really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful
book"; (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to
express disbelief) [syn: {in truth}, {truly}, {forsooth}]
4: intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well";
"a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used
informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it";
`rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn") [syn:
{very}, {real}, {rattling}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]
REALLY, adv. Apparently.
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