| ADVERB | all | truly, genuinely, really | in accordance with truth or fact or reality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | In accordance with truth or fact or reality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she was now truly American" | |
| Synonyms | genuinely, really | |
| Spanish | realmente | |
| Catalan | realment, veritablement | |
| Adjectives | true | consistent with fact or reality |
| Meaning | By right. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | rightfully | |
| Spanish | ciertamente, legalmente, legítimamente, lícitamente, verdaderamente | |
| Adjectives | true | having a legally established claim |
| Meaning | With sincerity; without pretense / pretense. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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