What does "truly" mean?
Truly: Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence.
Additional senses
- 2.Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country. Burke.
- 3.Conformably to law; legally; legitimately. His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. Shak.
- 4.In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth. Beauty is excelled by manly grace And wisdom, which alone is truly fair. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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