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Truly has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
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"

2

by right

"baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"

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"

4

in fact (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"

5

In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.

"The report stated that the project was truly completed before the deadline, matching every detail of the final inspection log."

In plain English: Truly means something is actually real or exactly as you say it is.

"I truly believe that we can solve this problem together."

Usage: Use truly to emphasize that something happens exactly as stated or in complete sincerity, such as saying it is truly amazing rather than just slightly good. Avoid confusing this adverb of degree with "truly" used for emphasis on verbs like "to be," where the meaning remains focused on absolute truthfulness.

Example Sentences
"I truly believe that we can solve this problem together." adv
"I truly appreciate your hard work on this project." adv
"She was truly amazed by the beauty of the sunset." adv
"It is truly important that we finish the task today." adv
Related Terms
Antonyms
insincerely

Origin

Truly comes from the Old English word meaning "faithfully," which was formed by adding a suffix to the root for true. The term traveled into modern English with this original sense of honesty and reliability intact.

Rhyming Words
uly ruly july duly pauly aguly unduly raguly unruly nebuly masculy barruly disruly untruly mid july yours truly trituberculy fourth of july well and truly emphasize something unduly
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