What does truly mean?
Definitions for truly
ˈtru litru·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word truly.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
rightfully, trulyadverb
by right
"baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"
sincerely, unfeignedly, trulyadverb
with sincerity; without pretense
"she praised him sincerely for his victory"; "was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher"; "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience"
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"
Wiktionary
trulyadverb
In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
trulyadverb
Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
trulyadverb
Very.
You are truly silly.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Trulyadverb
Etymology: from true.
They thought they might do it, not only willingly, because they loved him; and truly, because such indeed was the mind of the people; but safely, because she who ruled the king was agreed thereto. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
No untruth can avail the patron long; for things most truly are most behoovefully spoken. Richard Hooker.
Wisdom alone is truly fair. John Milton.
Right reason is nothing else but the mind of man judging of things truly, and as they are in themselves. South.
I have not undertaken it out of any wanton pleasure in mine own pen; nor truly without often pondering with myself beforehand what censures I might incur. Henry Wotton.
Wikipedia
Truly
Truly is an American rock band formed in the wake of the grunge era. It featured singer-guitarist Robert Roth, bassist Hiro Yamamoto, and drummer Mark Pickerel. Yamamoto and Pickerel were founding members respectively of Soundgarden and Screaming Trees. While not a commercially successful group like some of their Seattle contemporaries, the band lasted a decade with two studio albums to their name.
ChatGPT
truly
Truly: to be in accordance with reality or fact, devoid of falsehood, pretense, or exaggeration; genuinely, sincerely, or honestly.
Webster Dictionary
Trulyadverb
in a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented
Trulyadverb
exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence
Trulyadverb
sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country
Trulyadverb
conformably to law; legally; legitimately
Trulyadverb
in fact; in deed; in reality; in truth
Wikidata
Truly
Truly was an American rock band formed in the wake of the grunge era. It featured singer-guitarist Robert Roth, bassist Hiro Yamamoto, and drummer Mark Pickerel. Yamamoto and Pickerel were founding members respectively of Soundgarden and Screaming Trees. While not a commercially successful group like some of their Seattle contemporaries, the band lasted a decade with two studio albums to their name.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TRULY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Truly is ranked #59324 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Truly surname appeared 341 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Truly.
59.2% or 202 total occurrences were White.
36.3% or 124 total occurrences were Black.
2% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'truly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3163
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'truly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3078
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'truly' in Adverbs Frequency: #236
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of truly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of truly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of truly in a Sentence
I may have lost someone who didn't love me, but you lost someone who truly loved you.
Anki Chief Executive Boris Sofman:
There's certainly a lot of products out there that want to be a pet or a toy robot or robot companion, but all of them really lack the ability to truly see and understand their environment.
I was thinking that Donald Trump is a bully, and he is nothing more than that. He is somebody who is just saying a lot of bold things, he's making bold claims. But I can see right through that and I can see that he's truly just a coward. And he's opportunistic and he's willing to destroy this country for power for himself.
Seeing a child who truly understands … the joy of Christmas is priceless, we wanted to help the kids still have that joy, for those who are in the hospital during Christmas.
Inti Illimani Historico member:
Truly we live from the point of view of our work, our life, Inti Illimani Historico - a particularly uplifting moment and what better way to complete or round off that state of exaltation as Horacio Salinas has described. To be here in Cuba doing a job, only thinking about music, only recording and into it without any other life distractions.
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- veritablementCatalan, Valencian
- pravdivě, vážně, doopravdy, opravduCzech
- echt, ehrlich, wahrhaft, wirklichGerman
- vereEsperanto
- verdaderamente, realmenteSpanish
- ausaltEstonian
- todella, tosiaan, todenmukaisesti, totuudenmukaisestiFinnish
- vraimentFrench
- सही मायने मेंHindi
- valóban, igazán, ténylegHungarian
- veramenteItalian
- 事実, 本当, 真実Japanese
- ពិតជាKhmer
- vere, enimLatin
- waarlijk, oprechtDutch
- verdadeiramentePortuguese
- искренне, правдиво, честно, истинно, по-настоящему, действительно, верно, на самом делеRussian
- verkligtSwedish
- నిజముగాTelugu
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