really as in in accordance with truth or fact or reality
- "she was now truly American"
- "a genuinely open society"
- "they don't really listen to us"
Synonyms
- trulyin accordance with truth or fact or reality; by right; with sincerity; in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
- genuinelyin accordance with truth or fact or reality; genuinely
really as in in actual fact
- "to be nominally but not actually independent"
- "no one actually saw the shark"
- "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
Synonyms
- actuallyin actual fact; used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; at the present moment; as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis
really as in 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"
Synonyms
- in truthin fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
- trulyin accordance with truth or fact or reality; by right; with sincerity; in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
really as in 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"
Synonyms
- veryused as intensifiers; precisely so; precisely as stated; being the exact same one
- realused as intensifiers; any rational or irrational number ; the basic unit of money in Brazil; an old small silver Spanish coin ; being or occurring in fact or actuality; no less than what is stated; not to be taken lightly; capable of being treated as fact; being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; having substance or capable of being treated as fact; (of property) fixed or immovable; coinciding with reality
- rattlinga rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); used as intensifiers; extraordinarily good or great; quick and energetic