Really — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

in actual fact

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈiəli/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈiəlɪ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈiəlɪ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈiəli/.

Examples

she was now truly American
a genuinely open society
they don't really listen to us

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

in truth real truly rattling very actually genuinely

Parts of Speech

adverb	in accordance with truth or fact or reality “she was now truly American”
adverb	in actual fact “to be nominally but not actually independent”
adverb	in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) “in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire”
adverb	used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal “she was very gifted”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Wirklich

in Übereinstimmung mit der Wahrheit oder der Tatsache oder der Realität

🇫🇷French

vraiment

conformément à la vérité, aux faits ou à la réalité

🇪🇸Spanish

en realidad

de acuerdo con la verdad o el hecho o la realidad

🇮🇹Italian

Veramente

in conformità con la verità o il fatto o la realtà

🇳🇱Dutch

Echt

in overeenstemming met waarheid of feit of realiteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

realmente

de acordo com a verdade ou fato ou realidade

🇷🇺Russian

Действительно

в соответствии с истиной или фактом или реальностью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वास्तव में

सत्य या तथ्य या वास्तविकता के अनुसार

🇧🇩Bengali

সত্যিই

সত্য বা সত্য বা বাস্তবতা অনুসারে

🇮🇳Tamil

உண்மையில்

உண்மை அல்லது உண்மை அல்லது உண்மைக்கு ஏற்ப

🇮🇳Telugu

నిజంగా

నిజం లేదా వాస్తవం లేదా వాస్తవికతకు అనుగుణంగా

🇮🇳Marathi

खरोखर

सत्य किंवा वस्तुस्थिती किंवा वास्तवानुसार

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખરેખર

સત્ય અથવા હકીકત અથવા વાસ્તવિકતા અનુસાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಜವಾಗಿಯೂ

ಸತ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಸತ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ವಾಸ್ತವಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುಗುಣವಾಗಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശരിക്കും

സത്യം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വസ്തുത അല്ലെങ്കിൽ യാഥാർത്ഥ്യത്തിന് അനുസൃതമായി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ

ਸੱਚ ਜਾਂ ਤੱਥ ਜਾਂ ਹਕੀਕਤ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

واقعی

سچائی یا حقیقت یا حقیقت کے مطابق

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

真的

根据真相、事实或现实

🇯🇵Japanese

本当に

真実または事実または現実に従って

🇰🇷Korean

정말

진실이나 사실 또는 현실에 따라

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Thực ra

phù hợp với sự thật hoặc thực tế hoặc thực tế

🇹🇭Thai

จริงหรือ

ตามความจริงหรือข้อเท็จจริงหรือความเป็นจริง

🇮🇩Indonesian

Sungguh

sesuai dengan kebenaran atau fakta atau kenyataan

🇵🇭Filipino

talaga

alinsunod sa katotohanan o katotohanan o katotohanan

🇲🇾Malay

sungguh

sesuai dengan kebenaran atau fakta atau realiti

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حقًا

وفقا للحقيقة أو الواقع أو الواقع

🇮🇷Persian

واقعا

مطابق با حقیقت یا واقعیت یا واقعیت

🇹🇷Turkish

Gerçekten

gerçeğe veya gerçeğe veya gerçeğe uygun olarak

🇮🇱Hebrew

בֶּאֱמֶת

בהתאם לאמת או לעובדה או למציאות

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What is the primary definition of the word 'really'?

The primary meaning of 'really' is 'in accordance with truth or fact or reality'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'really' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'really' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'really' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'really' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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