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English to English adverb
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in accordance with truth or fact or reality |  | Example: she was now truly American
a genuinely open society
they don't really listen to us
source: wordnet30
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by right | | Example: baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime
source: wordnet30
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with sincerity; without pretense | | Example: she praised him sincerely for his victory
was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher
we are truly sorry for the inconvenience
source: wordnet30
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in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) | | Example: in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire
really, you shouldn't have done it
a truly awful book
source: wordnet30
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In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. | | source: webster1913
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