When to Use Really and Truly?
They Have Slightly Different Connotations, but Generally Convey the Same Thing. "Truly" Means Something More Like "Without a Doubt", While "Really" Means More...
They have slightly different connotations, but generally convey the same thing. "Truly" means something more like "without a doubt", while "Really" means more along the lines of "very".
How do you use truly in a sentence?
- [S] [T] I'm truly sorry. ( CK)
- [S] [T] I truly apologize. ( CK)
- [S] [T] I'm truly touched. ( CK)
- [S] [T] It's truly amazing. ( CK)
- [S] [T] I truly regret that. ( Scotland)
- [S] [T] I'm truly impressed. ( CK)
- [S] [T] It was truly a miracle. ( blay_paul)
- [S] [T] It's truly frightening. ( CK)
What does really truly mean?
1 : in all sincerity : sincerely —often used with yours as a complimentary close. 2 : in agreement with fact : truthfully. 3a : indeed —often used as an intensive truly, she is fair or interjectionally to express astonishment or doubt. b : without feigning, falsity, or inaccuracy in truth or fact.
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