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truly

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truly in WordNet English dictionary

adverb
  1. in accordance with truth or fact or reality
    "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"
    truly  genuinely  really  truly  genuinely  really 
  2. in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
    "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"
    in truth  really  truly  in truth  really  truly 
  3. by right
    "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"
    rightfully  truly  rightfully  truly 
  4. with sincerity; without pretense
    "she praised him sincerely for his victory"; "was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher"; "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience"
    sincerely  unfeignedly  truly  sincerely  unfeignedly  truly 
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