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Meaning of 'really' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Really [ adv.]
- Royally.
- In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.

Meaning of 'really' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . really [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in accordance with truth or fact or reality
Example in sentence:
  • a genuinely open society;
  • she was now truly American;
  • they don't really listen to us
Meaning (2):
- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
Example in sentence:
  • a rattling good yarn;
  • a really enjoyable evening;
  • he played very well;
  • I'm real sorry about it;
  • she was very gifted
Meaning (3):
- in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
Example in sentence:
  • a truly awful book;
  • in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire;
  • really, you shouldn't have done it
Meaning (4):
- in actual fact
Example in sentence:
  • large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt;
  • no one actually saw the shark;
  • properly speaking, they are not husband and wife;
  • to be nominally but not actually independent

Nearby Words:

reabsorb reabsorption reaccess reaccuse reach reachable reached reacher reaching reachless

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