truly
adverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈtɹuːli//
In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
adverbe
- 1
In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory.
- 2
Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
That is truly all I know.
Truly, that is all I know.
- 3
Very.
You are truly silly.
I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.
Étymologie
From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.
Formes
- comparatif
- trulier, more truly
- superlatif
- truliest, most truly
truly · In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
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