truly
1. in accordance with truth or fact or reality (Freq. 20)
- she was now truly American
- a genuinely open society
- they don't really listen to us
• Syn:
genuinely, really
• Derived from adjective:
real (for: really), genuine (for: genuinely), true
2. by right (Freq. 1)
- baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime
• Syn:
rightfully
• Derived from adjective:
true, rightful (for: rightfully)
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
• Syn:
in truth, really
• Usage Domain:
intensifier, intensive
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
• Syn:
sincerely, unfeignedly
• Ant:
insincerely (for: sincerely)
• Derived from adjective:
true, unfeigned (for: unfeignedly), sincere (for: sincerely)
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