 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
really
adverb
1: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now
truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they
don't really listen to us" [syn: {truly}, {genuinely}]
2: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn: {actually}]
3: 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"; "a truly
awful book" [syn: {in truth}, {truly}]
4: used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally
for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: {very}, {real}, {rattling}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\ (-l[imac]"), verb (used with an object) [Pref. re- + ally, v.
t.]
To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Really \Re"al*ly'\ (r[=a]"[aum]l*l[=e]'), adverb
Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Really \Re"al*ly\ (r[=e]"al*l[y^]), adverb
In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.
--Swift.
Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight
corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.
Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "really":
OK, Roger, absolutely, actually, all right, almighty, alright,
alrighty, amen, as you say, assuredly, at bottom, authentically,
awfully, aye, by all means, categorically, certainly, clearly, da,
de facto, decidedly, definitely, demonstrably, doubtlessly, easily,
exactly, exceedingly, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely,
factually, fine, for a certainty, for real, forsooth, genuinely,
good, good enough, hear, historically, honestly, in actuality,
in all conscience, in effect, in fact, in reality, in truth,
in very sooth, indeed, indeedy, indubitably, ja, just, just so,
legitimately, mais oui, manifestly, mightily, mighty,
most assuredly, naturally, naturellement, nothing else but,
noticeably, observably, obviously, of a truth, of course, okay,
only too, oui, patently, positively, powerful, powerfully,
precisely, pretty, quite, rather, real, really-truly, remarkably,
right, righto, sensibly, seriously, so, sure, sure thing, surely,
terribly, terrifically, to be sure, truly, unaffectedly,
unambiguously, unassumedly, uncommonly, undeniably, undoubtedly,
unmistakably, unquestionably, unusually, veridically, verily,
veritably, very, very well, visibly, warts and all, well and good,
why yes, with truth, without doubt, yea, yeah, yep, yes,
yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
REALLY, adverb Apparently.
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