Analysis Complete

truly

/ truly /
adverb

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 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"
Pertains to:
actual genuine literal real true
adverb Sense 2
by right
"baseball rightfully is the nation''s pastime"
Pertains to:
true(a) lawful rightful(a)
adverb Sense 3
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"
Domain:
intensifier intensive
adverb Sense 4
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"
Opposites:
insincerely
Pertains to:
genuine true(a) unfeigned sincere
Semantic Complexity
46%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
1
Times Searched
3
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