Engelsk biord: truly | |||
1. | truly in accordance with truth or fact or reality | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She was now truly American. A genuinely open society. They don't really listen to us. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | genuinely, really | ||
2. | truly by right | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | rightfully | ||
3. | truly with sincerity; without pretense | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She praised him sincerely for his victory. Was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | sincerely, unfeignedly | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | insincerely | ||
4. | truly in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire. Really, you shouldn't have done it. A truly awful book. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | in truth, really | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | intensifier, intensive | ||