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truly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Truly \Tru"ly\, adv [From {True}.] 1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact as to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here --Shak. 2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as to estimate truly the weight of evidence. 3. Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country. --Burke. 4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately. His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. --Shak. 5. In fact in deed; in reality; in truth. Beauty is excelled by manly grace And wisdom, which alone is truly fair. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: truly adv 1: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us" [syn: {genuinely}, {really}] 2: by right "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime" [syn: {rightfully}] 3: with sincerity; without pretense; "she praised him sincerely for his victory"; "was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher"; "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience" [syn: {sincerely}, {unfeignedly}] [ant: {insincerely}] 4: (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"; (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to express disbelief) [syn: {in truth}, {really}, {forsooth}]
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