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truly
adverb
In accordance with truth or fact or reality
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ˈtɹuːli
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adverb
In accordance with truth or fact or reality
“She was now truly American”
adverb
By right
“Baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime”
adverb
With sincerity; without pretense
“She praised him sincerely for his victory”
adverb
In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
“In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire”
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She was now truly American
A genuinely open society
They don't really listen to us
Baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime
She praised him sincerely for his victory
Was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher
We are truly sorry for the inconvenience
In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire
Really, you shouldn't have done it
A truly awful book
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