See also: truły
Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Adverb
- 1.4.1 Synonyms
- 1.4.2 Derived terms
- 1.4.3 Translations
- 1.5 Anagrams
English
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
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truly (comparative trulier or more truly, superlative truliest or most truly)
- (manner) In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter I, in History of Western Philosophy, page 27:
He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.
- (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
That is truly all I know.
Truly, that is all I know.
- (degree) Very.
You are truly silly.
- (truthfully, accurately): frankly, sincerely; see also Thesaurus:honestly
- (in fact, really): in point of fact, literally; see also Thesaurus:actually
- (very): extremely, exceedingly; see also Thesaurus:very
Derived terms
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Translations
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in accordance with the facts
- Assamese: সঁচাকৈ (xõsakoi)
- Bulgarian: вярно(bg) (vjarno), точно(bg) (točno)
- Chinese:
- Czech: pravdivě
- Esperanto: vere, fakte
- Finnish: todenmukaisesti, totuudenmukaisesti
- French: vraiment(fr)
- German: wirklich(de), wahrhaft(de)
- Greek: ειλικρινά(el) (eilikriná), αληθώς(el) (alithós)
- Ancient: ἀληθῶς (alēthôs)
- Hindi: वास्तव में(hi) (vāstav mẽ)
- Italian: accuratamente(it)
- Japanese: 事実のとおりに(ja) (じじつのとおりに, jijitsu no tōri)
- Jingpho: ăman
- Polish: autentycznie(pl), naprawdę(pl), serio(pl), szczerze(pl), prawdziwie(pl)
- Portuguese: verdadeiramente, corretamente(pt)
- Romanian: într-adevăr(ro)
- Russian: правди́во(ru) (pravdívo), и́скренне(ru) (ískrenne), че́стно(ru) (čéstno), ве́рно(ru) (vérno), и́стинно(ru) (ístinno)
- Sicilian: veraménti
- Spanish: verdaderamente(es)
- Telugu: నిజముగా(te) (nijamugā)
- Tocharian B: auspa
- Tok Pisin: tru
- Ukrainian: спра́вді (správdi), і́стинно (ístynno)
- Yup'ik: ilumun
honestly, genuinely
- Bashkir: ысынлап та (ısınlap ta)
- Bulgarian: правдиво(bg) (pravdivo), искрено(bg) (iskreno)
- Catalan: veritablement(ca)
- Cherokee: ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ (udohiyuhi)
- Chinese:
- Czech: opravdu(cs), doopravdy(cs)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: waarlijk(nl), oprecht(nl)
- Esperanto: vere
- Estonian: ausalt
- Finnish: todella(fi), tosiaan(fi)
- French: vraiment(fr)
- German: ehrlich(de), wirklich(de)
- Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 (raihtis)
- Greek: πράγματι(el) (prágmati), όντως(el) (óntos)
- Ancient: ὄντως (óntōs)
- Hindi: वाक़ई (vāqaī), वास्तव में(hi) (vāstav mẽ)
- Hungarian: tényleg(hu), valóban(hu), igazán(hu)
- Italian: veramente(it)
- Japanese: 真実に(ja) (しんじつに, shinjitsu ni)
- Khmer: ពិតជា (pɨt cie)
- Korean: 정말(ko) (jeongmal)
- Latin: vere(la), enim(la)
- Polish: autentycznie(pl), prawdziwie(pl), szczerze(pl), naprawdę(pl), serio(pl)
- Portuguese: verdadeiramente, realmente(pt)
- Romanian: sincer(ro), într-adevăr(ro)
- Russian: на са́мом де́ле(ru) (na sámom déle), действи́тельно(ru) (dejstvítelʹno), че́стно(ru) (čéstno) (honestly), и́скренне(ru) (ískrenne) (sincerely), по-настоя́щему(ru) (po-nastojáščemu)
- Spanish: verdaderamente(es)
- Tocharian B: auspa
- Tok Pisin: tru
- Ukrainian: спра́вді (správdi)
very
- Bulgarian: наистина(bg) (naistina)
- Chinese:
- Czech: vážně(cs), opravdu(cs), doopravdy(cs)
- Finnish: todella(fi)
- German: echt(de)
- Greek: πράγματι(el) (prágmati), όντως(el) (óntos)
- Indonesian: sangat(id)
- Italian: molto(it), veramente(it)
- Japanese: 本当に(ja) (ほんとうに, hontō ni)
- Korean: 참(ko) (cham)
- Polish: naprawdę(pl)
- Portuguese: realmente(pt), verdadeiramente
- Russian: действи́тельно(ru) (dejstvítelʹno)
- Spanish: realmente(es)
- Tok Pisin: tru
Anagrams
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