truly
adv/ˈtɹuːli/
Etymology 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.
1
Manner In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
- He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter I, in History of Western Philosophy, page 27:
2
Modal Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
- That is truly all I know.
- Truly, that is all I know.
3
Very.
- You are truly silly.
- I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, in Southern Poverty Law Center:
- Synonyms
- frankly, sincerely, in point of fact, literally, extremely, exceedingly
- Derived terms
- really truly, truly yours, untruly, well and truly, yours truly