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Vinony

truly

adverb

  1. emphatically; extremely, exceedingly
  2. truthfully, accurately
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːli/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.

  1. In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.

    “He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.”

  2. Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

    “That is truly all I know.”

    “Truly, that is all I know.”

  3. Very.

    “You are truly silly.”

    “I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.”