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truly

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See also:truły

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FromMiddle Englishtruely,treuly,treuli,trewely,treoweliche,treowliche, fromOld Englishtrēowlīċe(faithfully; truly), equivalent totrue +‎-ly. Cognate withDutchtrouwelijk,Middle Low Germantruwlike,Germantreulich,Swedishtrolig,Icelandictrygglega.

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truly (comparativetrulierormoretruly,superlativetruliestormosttruly)

  1. (manner) In accordance with the facts;truthfully,accurately.
    • 1946,Bertrand Russell, chapter I, inHistory of Western Philosophy, page27:
      He adds, verytruly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.
  2. (modal)Honestly,genuinely, in fact,really.
    That istruly all I know.
    Truly, that is all I know.
  3. (degree)Very.
    You aretruly silly.
    • 2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, inSouthern Poverty Law Center[1]:
      I’m distantly related to thetruly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.

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in accordance with the facts
honestly, genuinely
very

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