DICTOMETER

REALLY

(really, ah sí, de veras, realmente, verdaderamente, absolutt, egentlig, faktisk, gitt, i virkeligheten, ja visst, riktig nok, sannelig, virkelig, vitterlig)

1. Synonyms:
   • Truly
   • Genuinely
   • Really
   Definitions:
   • in accordance with truth or fact or reality
   Examples:
   • She was now truly American
   • A genuinely open society
   • They don't really listen to us
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Actually
   • Really
   Definitions:
   • in actual fact
   Examples:
   • To be nominally but not actually independent
   • No one actually saw the shark
   • Large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • In truth
   • Really
   • Truly
   Definitions:
   • in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
   Examples:
   • In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire
   • Really, you shouldn't have done it
   • A truly awful book
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Very
   • Really
   • Real
   • Rattling
   Definitions:
   • used as intensifiers
   • `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'
   • `rattling' is informal
   Examples:
   • She was very gifted
   • He played very well
   • A really enjoyable evening
   • I'm real sorry about it
   • A rattling good yarn