truly
//ˈtɹuːli//
Forms
- Comparative
- trulier
- Superlative
- truliest
Definitions
1.In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
- 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.
- I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1411
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.