REALLY Definition & Meaning

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really

[ ree-uh-lee, ree-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in reality; actually:
to see things as they really are.
genuinely or truly:
a really honest man.
indeed:
Really, this is too much.

interjection

(used to express surprise, exasperation, etc.)

really

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adverb

in reality; in actuality; assuredly
it's really quite harmless
truly; genuinely
really beautiful

interjection

an exclamation of dismay, disapproval, doubt, surprise, etc
not really?
an exclamation of surprise or polite doubt

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Usage

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of really¹

First recorded in 1400–50; real ¹( def ) + -ly ( def )

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"She was quite delirious. She wasn't really making much sense. She was talking to people that weren't there," Ms Simms said.

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“It’s all really muddled in chaos, which is sort of the point,” one Forest Service employee told ProPublica.

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In a social sense, we have really lost the way.

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He never really found a home until he arrived at Arsenal.

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He believes you can't judge a painter until their last work is done - but looking at his own work gathered together in Paris, "I can see what I was always trying to do, really".

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