truly

Words with a similar base: truly

'truly'

[truly.r.01] as in: in accordance with truth or fact or reality

Examples:
she was now truly American
a genuinely open society
they don't really listen to us

'truly'

[rightfully.r.01] as in: by right

Examples:
baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime

'truly'

[sincerely.r.01] as in: with sincerity; without pretense

Examples:
she praised him sincerely for his victory
was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher
we are truly sorry for the inconvenience

'truly'

[in_truth.r.01] as in: in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

Examples:
in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire
really, you shouldn't have done it
a truly awful book

Origins

					truly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── true (English)
    └── trewe (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── triewe (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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