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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

  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. rightfully, trulyadverb

    by right

    "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"

  3. 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"

  4. 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

  1. trulyadverb

    In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.

  2. trulyadverb

    Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

  3. trulyadverb

    Very.

    You are truly silly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. truly

    Truly: to be in accordance with reality or fact, devoid of falsehood, pretense, or exaggeration; genuinely, sincerely, or honestly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trulyadverb

    in a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented

  2. Trulyadverb

    exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence

  3. Trulyadverb

    sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country

  4. Trulyadverb

    conformably to law; legally; legitimately

  5. Trulyadverb

    in fact; in deed; in reality; in truth

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'truly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3163

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'truly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3078

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'truly' in Adverbs Frequency: #236

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of truly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of truly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of truly in a Sentence

  1. unknown:

    I may have lost someone who didn't love me, but you lost someone who truly loved you.

  2. 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.

  3. Thomas DiMassimo:

    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.

  4. Tyler Slaven:

    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.

  5. 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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