Meaning of TRULY
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- [adv] in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"
- [adv] (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)
- [adv] by right; "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"
- [adv] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | forsooth, genuinely, in truth, really, rightfully, sincerely, unfeignedly |
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| | Antonyms: | | insincerely | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Tru"ly\, adv. [From {True}.]
1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with
fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly
represented.
I can not truly say how I came here. --Shak.
2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate
truly the weight of evidence.
3. Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly
attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their
prince or their country. --Burke.
4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. --Shak.
5. In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.
Beauty is excelled by manly grace And wisdom, which
alone is truly fair. --Milton.
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