Truly meaning

What does “truly” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“truly” is an adverb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: in accordance with truth or fact or reality.

truly

in accordance with truth or fact or reality
“she was now truly American”
“a genuinely open society”
Synonymsgenuinely really
by right
“baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime”
Synonymsrightfully
with sincerity; without pretense
“she praised him sincerely for his victory”
“was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher”
Synonymssincerely unfeignedly
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”
Synonymsin truth really

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University