truly

English

Etymology

From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuːli/

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• Rhymes: -uːli

Adverb

truly ‎(comparative trulier or more truly, superlative truliest or most truly)

1. In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:

     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.

Derived terms

• well and truly

Translations

in accordance with the facts

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真正地 (zh) ‎(zhēnzhèng de)

• Czech: pravdivě
• Finnish: todenmukaisesti, totuudenmukaisesti
• French: vraiment (fr)
• German: wirklich (de), wahrhaft (de)
• Hindi: वास्तव में (hi) ‎(vāstav mẽ)
• Japanese: 事実のとおりに (ja) ‎(じじつのとおりに, jijitsu no tōri)

• Novial: verim
• Portuguese: verdadeiramente, corretamente (pt)
• Russian: правди́во (ru) ‎(pravdívo), и́скренне (ru) ‎(ískrenne), че́стно (ru) ‎(čéstno), ве́рно (ru) ‎(vérno), и́стинно (ru) ‎(ístinno)
• Spanish: verdaderamente (es)
• Telugu: నిజముగా (te) ‎(nijamugā)
• Tok Pisin: tru
• Yup'ik: ilumun

honestly, genuinely

• Catalan: veritablement
• Cherokee: ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ‎(udohiyuhi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真實地 (zh), 真实地 (zh) ‎(zhēnshí de)

• Czech: opravdu (cs), doopravdy (cs)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: waarlijk (nl), oprecht (nl)
• Esperanto: vere
• Estonian: ausalt
• Finnish: todella (fi), tosiaan
• French: vraiment (fr)
• German: ehrlich (de), wirklich (de)

• Hindi: वाक़ई ‎(vāqaī), वास्तव में (hi) ‎(vāstav mẽ)
• Hungarian: tényleg (hu), valóban (hu), igazán (hu)
• Italian: veramente (it)
• Japanese: 真実に (ja) ‎(しんじつに, shinjitsu ni)
• Khmer: ពិតជា ‎(pɨt cie)
• Latin: vere (la), enim (la)
• Portuguese: verdadeiramente, realmente (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: на са́мом де́ле (ru) ‎(na sámom déle), действи́тельно (ru) ‎(dejstvítelʹno), че́стно (ru) ‎(čéstno) (honestly), и́скренне (ru) ‎(ískrenne) (sincerely), по-настоя́щему (ru) ‎(po-nastojáščemu)
• Spanish: verdaderamente (es)
• Tok Pisin: tru

very

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真的 (zh) ‎(zhēn de)

• Czech: vážně (cs), opravdu (cs), doopravdy (cs)
• Finnish: todella (fi)
• German: echt (de)
• Indonesian: sangat (id)

• Japanese: 本当に (ja) ‎(ほんとうに, hontō ni)
• Portuguese: realmente (pt), verdadeiramente
• Russian: действи́тельно (ru) ‎(dejstvítelʹno)
• Spanish: realmente (es)
• Tok Pisin: tru