truly

See also: truły

English

Alternative forms

• trooly (obsolete)
• truely (archaic)
• trully (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuːli/

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• Rhymes: -uːli

Adverb

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

1. (manner) 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. (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

   That is truly all I know.

   Truly, that is all I know.

3. (degree) Very.

   You are truly silly.

Synonyms

• (truthfully, accurately): frankly, sincerely; see also Thesaurus:honestly
• (in fact, really): in point of fact, literally; see also Thesaurus:actually
• (very): extremely, exceedingly; see also Thesaurus:very

Derived terms

• untruly
• well and truly

Translations

in accordance with the facts

• Assamese: সঁচাকৈ (xõsakoi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真正地 (zh) (zhēnzhèng de)

• Czech: pravdivě
• Finnish: todenmukaisesti, totuudenmukaisesti
• French: vraiment (fr)
• German: wirklich (de), wahrhaft (de)
• Greek: ειλικρινά (el) (eilikriná), αληθώς (el) (alithós)

  Ancient: ἀληθῶς (alēthôs)

• Hindi: वास्तव में (hi) (vāstav mẽ)
• Italian: accuratamente (it)

• Japanese: 事実のとおりに (ja) (じじつのとおりに, jijitsu no tōri)
• Jingpho: ăman
• 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)
• Tocharian B: auspa
• Tok Pisin: tru
• Ukrainian: спра́вді (správdi), і́стинно (ístynno)
• Yup'ik: ilumun

honestly, genuinely

• Bashkir: ысынлап та (ïsïnlap ta)
• Catalan: veritablement (ca)
• 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 (fi)
• French: vraiment (fr)
• German: ehrlich (de), wirklich (de)
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 (raihtis)
• Greek: πράγματι (el) (prágmati), όντως (el) (óntos)

  Ancient: ὄντως (óntōs)

• 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)
• Korean: 정말 (ko) (jeongmal)
• 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)
• Tocharian B: auspa
• Tok Pisin: tru
• Ukrainian: спра́вді (správdi)

very

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真的 (zh) (zhēn de)

• Czech: vážně (cs), opravdu (cs), doopravdy (cs)
• Finnish: todella (fi)
• German: echt (de)
• Greek: πράγματι (el) (prágmati), όντως (el) (óntos)
• Indonesian: sangat (id)

• Italian: molto (it), veramente (it)
• Japanese: 本当に (ja) (ほんとうに, hontō ni)
• Korean: 참 (ko) (cham)
• Portuguese: realmente (pt), verdadeiramente
• Russian: действи́тельно (ru) (dejstvítelʹno)
• Spanish: realmente (es)
• Tok Pisin: tru

Anagrams

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