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truly

/ˈtɹuːli/ adverb A2
  1. In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
  2. Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really. · That is truly all I know.· Truly, that is all I know.
  3. Very. · You are truly silly.

Comparative trulier · Superlative truliest

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It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 3 · C1
It gives me that pleasant ache again just to think of coming to a really truly home.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 25 · C1
“A pretty silence truly!” said the old father of the bridegroom, as he carried to his lips a glass of wine of the hue and brightness of the topaz, and which had just been placed before Mercédès herself.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 25 · C1
“I understand how you feel,” said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 18 · B2

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