Engelsk ordbok



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Engelsk adverb: really

1. really in accordance with truth or fact or reality


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningShe was now truly American.
A genuinely open society.
They don't really listen to us.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)genuinely, truly

2. really in actual fact


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningTo be nominally but not actually independent.
No one actually saw the shark.
Large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)actually

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


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


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)in truth, truly


Overordnet anvendelseintensifier, intensive

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


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


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)rattling, real, very









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