/ˈtɹuːli/
OriginFrom 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.
- 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.”
- modalHonestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
“That is truly all I know.”
“Truly, that is all I know.”
- 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.”
Formstrulier(comparative) · more truly(comparative) · truliest(superlative) · most truly(superlative) · trooly(alternative, obsolete) · truely(alternative, archaic) · trully(alternative, obsolete)