truly
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Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adverb[edit]
truly (comparative trulier or more truly, superlative truliest or most truly)
- 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.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:
- Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
- That is truly all I know.
- Truly, that is all I know.
- Very.
- You are truly silly.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
in accordance with the facts
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honestly, genuinely
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very
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