truly

truly
    adv 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" [syn: {truly}, {genuinely},
           {really}]
    2: by right; "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime" [syn:
       {rightfully}, {truly}]
    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" [syn:
       {sincerely}, {unfeignedly}, {truly}] [ant: {insincerely}]
    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"
       [syn: {in truth}, {really}, {truly}]
    

Truly \Tru"ly\, adv. [From {True}.]
   1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with
      fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly
      represented.
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            I can not truly say how I came here.  --Shak.
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   2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate
      truly the weight of evidence.
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   3. Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly
      attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their
      prince or their country. --Burke.
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   4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
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            His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. --Shak.
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   5. In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.
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            Beauty is excelled by manly grace
            And wisdom, which alone is truly fair. --Milton.
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122 Moby Thesaurus words for "truly":
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      good, good enough, hear, historically, honestly, in actuality,
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      most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement, nay,
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      properly, quite, rather, really, really-truly, right, rightfully,
      rightly, righto, sensibly, seriously, sincerely, sure, sure thing,
      surely, to a certainty, to be sure, to speak truthfully,
      truthfully, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally,
      unmistakably, unquestionably, veraciously, verily, veritably,
      very well, visibly, well and good, why yes, with truth,
      without doubt, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy,
      yes sir, yes sirree