yours truly

English

Etymology

Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself".

Pronunciation

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Phrase

(deprecated template usage) yours truly

1. (idiomatic) Used to close a note or letter.

   Please write back soon! Yours truly, Alice.

Usage notes

• In British English, "yours truly" is reserved for informal correspondence. In more formal writing, "yours sincerely" or "yours faithfully" are preferred.

Translations

closing in a note or letter

• Danish: kærlig hilsen
• Finnish: ystävällisin terveisin
• Galician: sinceramente seu
• Georgian: თქვენი ერთგული (tkveni ertguli), მუდამ თქვენი (mudam tkveni)
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• Hungarian: üdvözlettel
• Russian: и́скренне ваш (ískrenne vaš)
• Tagalog: sumasainyo, sumasaiyo, lubos na sumasainyo

See also

• yours faithfully
• yours sincerely
• Valediction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronoun

yours truly

1. (idiomatic, informal, humorous) I, me, or myself.

   This one was created by yours truly.

Translations

(idiomatic) me or I

• Danish: undertegnet n
• Finnish: allekirjoittanut
• French: votre humble serviteur (fr) m, votre serviteur (fr) m
• German: meine Wenigkeit f
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• Hungarian: jómagam (hu), szerény személyem, csekélységem
• Russian: ваш поко́рный слуга́ (ru) m (vaš pokórnyj slugá)
• Spanish: un servidor, menda (Spain, colloquial)
• Swedish: undertecknad (sv)

Anagrams

• truly yours