English Dictionary: really |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- really
- adv
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Really \Re"al*ly`\, adv.
Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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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