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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Truly \Tru"ly\, adverb [From {True}.]
1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented.
I can not truly say how I came here. --Shak.
2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence.
3. Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country. --Burke.
4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. --Shak.
5. In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.
Beauty is excelled by manly grace And wisdom, which alone is truly fair. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
truly
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: {genuinely}, {really}]
2: by right; "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime" [syn: {rightfully}]
3: with sincerity; without pretense; "she praised him sincerely for his victory"; "was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher"; "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience" [syn: {sincerely}, {unfeignedly}] [ant: {insincerely}]
4: 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}, {really}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "truly": OK, Roger, absolutely, accurately, actually, all right, alright, alrighty, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, beyond question, by all means, certainly, clearly, confidently, da, de facto, decidedly, decisively, definitely, demonstrably, distinctly, doubtlessly, duly, easily, exactly, factually, fine, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for real, for sure, forsooth, genuinely, good, good enough, hear, historically, honestly, in actuality, in all conscience, in effect, in fact, in reality, in sooth, in truth, in very sooth, indeed, indeedy, indubitably, ja, just so, justifiably, justly, legitimately, mais oui, manifestly, most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement, nay, nothing else but, noticeably, observably, obviously, of a truth, of course, okay, oui, patently, positively, precisely, probably, properly, quite, rather, really, really-truly, right, rightfully, rightly, righto, sensibly, seriously, sincerely, sure, sure thing, surely, to a certainty, to be sure, to speak truthfully, truthfully, unambiguously, undeniably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unmistakably, unquestionably, veraciously, verily, veritably, very well, visibly, well and good, why yes, with truth, without doubt, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree
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