truly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in accordance with truth or fact or reality

   After my naturalization went through, I was truly American.

2. 2
   adv

   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.

3. 3
   adv

   Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

   That is truly all I know.

4. 4
   adv

   Very.

   You are truly silly.

5. 5
   adv

   in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

6. 6
   adv

   by right

7. 7
   adv

   with sincerity

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.