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Meaning of word really from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

really   adverb

Meaning : In accordance with truth or fact or reality.

Example : She was now truly American.
A genuinely open society.
They don't really listen to us.

Synonyms : genuinely, truly

Meaning : In actual fact.

Example : To be nominally but not actually independent.
No one actually saw the shark.
Large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt.

Synonyms : actually

Meaning : In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).

Example : In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
Really, you shouldn't have done it.
A truly awful book.

Synonyms : in truth, truly

Meaning : Used as intensifiers. `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'. `rattling' is informal.

Example : She was very gifted.
He played very well.
A really enjoyable evening.
I'm real sorry about it.
A rattling good yarn.

Synonyms : rattling, real, very