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really

[ree-uh-lee, ree-lee] / ˈri ə li, ˈri li /
ADVERB
without a doubt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolutely actually certainly easily genuinely honestly indeed legitimately literally surely truly undoubtedly unquestionably well
WEAK
admittedly as a matter of fact assuredly authentically beyond doubt categorically de facto for real in actuality in effect in fact in point of fact in reality indubitably no ifs ands or buts nothing else but of course positively precisely unmistakably verily
Antonyms
STRONGEST
doubtfully dubiously indefinite questionably

Example Sentences

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Writers never really fully stop — just ask my “Unretirement” colleague Richard Eisenberg — but we can walk away from daily deadlines and limited vacation time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

"I just feel so grateful that my body's allowed me to do this - it's really wonderful," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“There is also a mysterious space between bodies, the client and myself, where something happens that I cannot really explain, but it feels magical,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

“You’re really going to build it around Jaxson.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Now I knew that it could really happen—if to the baby, then to Mama, to Father, to Betsie!

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom