Synonyms for really

Grammar : Adv

Spell : ree-uh-lee, ree-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈri ə li, ˈri li

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Définition of really

Origin : c.1400, originally in reference to the presence of Christ in the Eucharist, from real (adj.) + -ly (2). Sense of "actually" is from early 15c. Purely emphatic use dates from c.1600; interrogative use (oh, really?) is first recorded 1815.

adv without a doubt

Example sentences :

But, to relieve your mind, nothing at all has really happened.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Really it's been interesting, the jolliest time of my life, and it's got me all unsettled.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

And really they're the most unemotional and matter-of-fact couple I ever saw.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Could his eyes deceive him, or was this really the man whom he had so grossly injured?
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

They're really one and a half sizes too small, and almost kill me.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various

How could he justify himself to her when he did not really know himself?
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

He really grew quite tender and devout over these meditations.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Or is there really no sin but in thought, and are our sleeping thoughts incapable of sin?
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

To those, however, who really love the Union may I not speak?
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

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