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English adverb: really

1. really in accordance with truth or fact or reality


SamplesShe was now truly American.
A genuinely open society.
They don't really listen to us.


Synonymsgenuinely, truly

2. really in actual fact


SamplesTo be nominally but not actually independent.
No one actually saw the shark.
Large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt.


Synonymsactually

3. really in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)


SamplesIn truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
Really, you shouldn't have done it.
A truly awful book.


Synonymsin truth, truly


Domain usageintensifier, intensive

4. really used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal


SamplesShe was very gifted.
He played very well.
A really enjoyable evening.
I'm real sorry about it.
A rattling good yarn.


Synonymsrattling, real, very









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