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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
really
adv
  1. in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"
    Synonym(s): truly, genuinely, really
  2. in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
    Synonym(s): actually, really
  3. in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"
    Synonym(s): in truth, really, truly
  4. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
    Synonym(s): very, really, real, rattling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v. t.]
      To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Really \Re"al*ly`\, adv.
      Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Really \Re"al*ly\, adv.
      In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
  
               Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight
               corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.
  
                        Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young.
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