Meanings
comparative trulier · comparative more truly · superlative truliest · superlative most truly · alternative obsolete trooly · alternative archaic truely · alternative obsolete trully
- mannerIn 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.
1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter I, in History of Western Philosophy, page 27 - modalHonestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
That is truly all I know.
1 more example
Truly, that is all I know.
Synonyms: in point of fact
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbHonestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
adverbVery.
truthfully, accurately
More synonyms by meaning
adverbby right
adverbwith sincerity; without pretense
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishtrēowlīċe“faithfully; truly”
- Middle Englishtruely
- Englishtruly
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.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀληθῶς, ὄντως
- ἀληθῶς (alēthôs)in accordance with the facts
- ὄντως (óntōs)honestly, genuinely
Bulgarian вярно, точно
- вярно (vjarno)in accordance with the facts
- точно (točno)in accordance with the facts
- правдиво (pravdivo)honestly, genuinely
- искрено (iskreno)honestly, genuinely
- наистина (naistina)very
Catalan veritablement
- veritablementhonestly, genuinely
Chinese Mandarin 真正地, 真實地 /真实地
- 真正地 (zhēnzhèng de)in accordance with the facts
- 真實地 /真实地 (zhēnshí de)honestly, genuinely
- 真的 (zhēn de)very
Czech pravdivě, opravdu
- pravdivěin accordance with the facts
- opravduhonestly, genuinely
- doopravdyhonestly, genuinely
- vážněvery
- opravduvery
- doopravdyvery
Dutch waarlijk, oprecht
- waarlijkhonestly, genuinely
- oprechthonestly, genuinely
Esperanto vere, fakte
- verein accordance with the facts
- faktein accordance with the facts
- verehonestly, genuinely
- sincerehonestly, genuinely
Estonian ausalt
- ausalthonestly, genuinely
Finnish todenmukaisesti, totuudenmukaisesti
- todenmukaisestiin accordance with the facts
- totuudenmukaisestiin accordance with the facts
- todellahonestly, genuinely
- tosiaanhonestly, genuinely
- todellavery
French vraiment, vraiment
- vraimentin accordance with the facts
- vraimenthonestly, genuinely
German wirklich, wahrhaft
- wirklichin accordance with the facts
- wahrhaftin accordance with the facts
- ehrlichhonestly, genuinely
- wirklichhonestly, genuinely
- echtvery
Greek ειλικρινά, αληθώς
- ειλικρινά (eilikriná)in accordance with the facts
- αληθώς (alithós)in accordance with the facts
- πράγματι (prágmati)honestly, genuinely
- όντως (óntos)honestly, genuinely
- πράγματι (prágmati)very
- όντως (óntos)very
Hindi वास्तव में, वाक़ई
- वास्तव में (vāstav mẽ)in accordance with the facts
- वाक़ई (vāqaī)honestly, genuinely
- वास्तव में (vāstav mẽ)honestly, genuinely
Hungarian tényleg, valóban
- tényleghonestly, genuinely
- valóbanhonestly, genuinely
- igazánhonestly, genuinely
Indonesian sangat
- sangatvery
Italian accuratamente, veramente
- accuratamentein accordance with the facts
- veramentehonestly, genuinely
- moltovery
- veramentevery
Japanese 事実のとおりに, 真実に
- 事実のとおりに (jijitsu no tōri)in accordance with the facts
- 真実に (shinjitsu ni)honestly, genuinely
- 本当に (hontō ni)very
Korean 정말, 참
- 정말 (jeongmal)honestly, genuinely
- 참 (cham)very
Latin vere, enim
- verehonestly, genuinely
- enimhonestly, genuinely
Polish autentycznie, naprawdę
- autentyczniein accordance with the facts
- naprawdęin accordance with the facts
- serioin accordance with the facts
- szczerzein accordance with the facts
- prawdziwiein accordance with the facts
- autentyczniehonestly, genuinely
- prawdziwiehonestly, genuinely
- szczerzehonestly, genuinely
- naprawdęhonestly, genuinely
- seriohonestly, genuinely
- naprawdęvery
Portuguese verdadeiramente, corretamente
- verdadeiramentein accordance with the facts
- corretamentein accordance with the facts
- verdadeiramentehonestly, genuinely
- realmentehonestly, genuinely
- realmentevery
- verdadeiramentevery
Romanian într-adevăr, sincer
- într-adevărin accordance with the facts
- sincerhonestly, genuinely
- într-adevărhonestly, genuinely
Russian правди́во, и́скренне
- правди́во (pravdívo)in accordance with the facts
- и́скренне (ískrenne)in accordance with the facts
- че́стно (čéstno)in accordance with the facts
- ве́рно (vérno)in accordance with the facts
- и́стинно (ístinno)in accordance with the facts
- на са́мом де́ле (na sámom déle)honestly, genuinely
- действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno)honestly, genuinely
- че́стно (čéstno)honestly, genuinely
- и́скренне (ískrenne)honestly, genuinely
- по-настоя́щему (po-nastojáščemu)honestly, genuinely
- действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno)very
Spanish verdaderamente, veramente
- verdaderamentein accordance with the facts
- veramentein accordance with the facts
- verdaderamentehonestly, genuinely
- veramentehonestly, genuinely
- verdaderamentevery
Tamil உண்மையில், உண்மையிலேயே
- உண்மையில் (uṇmaiyil)in accordance with the facts
- உண்மையிலேயே (uṇmaiyilēyē)in accordance with the facts
- உண்மையில் (uṇmaiyil)honestly, genuinely
- உண்மையிலேயே (uṇmaiyilēyē)honestly, genuinely
- மிக (mika)very
- மிகவும் (mikavum)very
- ரொம்ப (rompa)very
Ukrainian спра́вді, і́стинно
- спра́вді (správdi)in accordance with the facts
- і́стинно (ístynno)in accordance with the facts
- спра́вді (správdi)honestly, genuinely
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Cite this entry
truly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truly
“truly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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