Definitions for REALLY
ˈri ə li, ˈri liREALLY

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. truly, genuinely, reallyadverb

   in accordance with truth or fact or reality

   "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"

2. actually, reallyadverb

   in actual fact

   "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"

3. in truth, really, trulyadverb

   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"

4. very, really, real, rattlingadverb

   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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. reallyadverb

   Actually; in fact; in reality.

   "He really is a true friend." / "Really? What makes you so sure?"

2. reallyadverb

   Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).

   But ma, I really, really want to go to the show!

3. reallyinterjection

   Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.

4. reallyinterjection

   Indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity

5. reallyinterjection

   Indicating affirmation, agreement.

6. reallyinterjection

   Indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour or statement.

   Well, really! How rude.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Reallyadverb

   royally

2. Reallyadverb

   in a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Really

   Really is the second album by J. J. Cale. It was released in 1973.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Really

   rē-a-lī′, v.t. (Spens.) to bring together again: to reform.—v.t. to arrange again.—n. Reallī′ance, a renewed alliance.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REALLY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #263

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REALLY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #98

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'REALLY' in Adverbs Frequency: #31

Anagrams for REALLY »

1. yaller

How to pronounce REALLY?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of REALLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of REALLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of REALLY in a Sentence

1. Julie Burkhart:

   With what happened with him and other instances of violence across the country, we enacted security protocols, i'm very concerned that someone would come in the building with weapons. He was carrying knives and explosives. This really illustrates to me that the security protocols that we have in place work.

2. Jack Biltis:

   By accepting cryptocurrencies, you can do it for pennies and at the same time you can transfer money, really, in almost an instant amount of time, so, this new technology is absolutely going to replace what we have now with our inefficient credit cards and banking systems.

3. Michael Kelly:

   I've said it many times before, I think we'd been a lot better shape with women running just about everything, in all sincerity, it is power. The show has always been power. It's set in the political world, but this show is about power and then you see women having this power, And, I don't know, I thought that was really cool.

4. Peter Holme Jensen:

   I really believe that we can make a difference.

5. Reporter Scott Detrow:

   I think this is the point in the conversation where we have to really stress that the moderate versus progressive divide is very relative, every single one of these candidates -- almost every single one of these candidates has put together a platform that is far more progressive than what the Obama administration was able to accomplish.

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