ADVERB | all | truly, genuinely, really | in accordance with truth or fact or reality |
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all | truly, rightfully | by right | |
all | truly, sincerely, unfeignedly | with sincerity | |
all | truly, in truth, really | in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) |
Sounds | truw'liy | |
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Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... |
Meaning | In accordance with truth or fact or reality. | |
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Example | "she was now truly American" | |
Synonyms | genuinely, really | |
Spanish | realmente | |
Catalan | realment, veritablement | |
Adjectives | true | consistent with fact or reality |
Meaning | By right. | |
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Synonym | rightfully | |
Spanish | ciertamente, legalmente, legítimamente, lícitamente, verdaderamente | |
Adjectives | true | having a legally established claim |
Meaning | With sincerity; without pretense / pretense. | |
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Example | "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience" | |
Synonyms | sincerely, unfeignedly | |
Opposite | insincerely | Without sincerity |
Spanish | auténticamente, ciertamente, genuinamente, legítimamente, sinceramente, sin pretensiones, verdaderamente | |
Catalan | sincerament | |
Adjectives | true | not pretended |
Meaning | In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers). | |
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Example | "a truly awful book" | |
Synonyms | in truth, really | |
Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
Spanish | realmente | |
Catalan | en veritat |
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