adv. | 1. | In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; |
2. | Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; | |
3. | Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; | |
4. | Conformably to law; legally; legitimately. | |
5. | In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth. |
Adv. | 1. | truly - in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us" |
2. | truly - by right; "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime" Synonyms: rightfully | |
3. | truly - 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" Synonyms: sincerely, unfeignedly | |
4. | truly - 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" |