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TRULY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In accordance with truth or fact or reality
Example:
they don't really listen to us
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Pertainym:
true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
Example:
a truly awful book
Synonyms:
in truth; really; truly
Classified under:
Domain usage:
intensifier; intensive (a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies)
Sense 3
Meaning:
By right
Example:
baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime
Synonyms:
rightfully; truly
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
true (having a legally established claim)
Sense 4
Meaning:
With sincerity; without pretense
Example:
we are truly sorry for the inconvenience
Synonyms:
sincerely; truly; unfeignedly
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
true (not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed)
Context examples:
Colonel Fitzwilliam, who led the way, was about thirty, not handsome, but in person and address most truly the gentleman.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I will try, Mother, I truly will.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I never met with a disposition more truly amiable.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The scientific significance of the research has been described as ‘truly remarkable’ and compared to the discovery of the first fossils.
(Oldest genetic evidence of Hepatitis B virus found in ancient DNA from 4,500 year-old skeletons, University of Cambridge)
"I understand how you feel," said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
A few of these events may become truly global storms, such as one in 1971 that greeted the first spacecraft to orbit Mars, NASA's Mariner 9.
(Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars, NASA)
Truly Humphrey Van Weyden was at last in love, I thought, as her fingers clung to mine while I lowered her down to the boat.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
If the conduct of the men had been alarming in the boat, it became truly threatening when they had come aboard.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Ay truly, I believe you; I believe poor Harry is killed; and I believe his murderer (for what purpose, God alone can tell) is still lurking in his victim’s room.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The likelihood that an individual with a negative test result is truly unaffected and/or does not have the particular gene mutation in question.
(Negative Predictive Value of Diagnostic Test, NCI Dictionary)
