for real

comparative more for real · superlative most for real · alternative abbreviation fr · alternative usually for-real · alternative forreal · alternative foreal · alternative for reals · alternative for realsies

1. informalGenuine, true; serious, earnest.

   Are you seriously like actually for real?

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   Nobody is paying $500 for this shit. Be so fucking for real right now.

   Nobody will pay $500 for this. Are you kidding me?

   […] demonstration sponsored by the library may make the library more' "for real" to the inner-city person

   1968 September 6, “Outreach in the inner city makes library 'for real'”, in Christian Science Monitor

   Some people / Are up to no good, ah / But baby, I'm for real / I'm as real as real can get

   1971, “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get”, performed by The Dramatics

   Oh, what do you think about that / Now you know how I feel / Say you could handle my love, are you for real?

   1996, “Wannabe”, in Spice, performed by Spice Girls

alternative abbreviation fr · alternative usually for-real · alternative forreal · alternative foreal · alternative for reals · alternative for realsies

1. not comparableGenuinely, truly.

   This recipe takes two hours to cook, for real!

   Synonyms: earnestly