real-ly

See also: really, reälly, and re-ally

English

Etymology

The suffix is hyphenated to better distinguish the literal-meaning adverb from the intensifier really.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹil.li/

Adverb

real-ly (comparative more real-ly, superlative most real-ly)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of really (“in a way or manner that is real, not unreal”)
   • 1892, The Philosophical Review, volume I, number 5, page 541:

     If it did, there would be no distinction between real and unreal, between what is 'real-ly' presented and 'merely imagined,' between the self and the world, and there would be no such thing as thought.

Anagrams

• rallye, y'all're, yaller