Meanings
- humorousidiomaticinformalI, me, or myself.
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3 more examples
Miss Lydgate, Miss de Vine, little Chilperic and yours truly were bridesmaids, with the Warden to give the bride away.
1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's HoneymoonNobody in Africa, but yours truly, can get a good head of steam on the old African Queen.
1951, C.S. Forester (novel), James Agee (screenplay), The African Queen, spoken by Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart)Vera introduced us, and Boris was interested to hear I was a masseur. He mentioned that he had gotten a massage several times a week when he was in Hollywood—so, before you could say “Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt,” yours truly offered the man who had made more people shiver and shake than any man alive a massage on the house.
1972 August 2, Arthur Mason, “Ol’ Magic Fingers: Karloff Was ‘Nicest Gent of Them All’”, in Oregon Journal, Portland, Ore., →OCLC, section 2 (Home and Family), page 1, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 謹上 /谨上
- 謹上 /谨上 (gan² soeng⁵)closing in a note or letter
Chinese Mandarin 謹上 /谨上
- 謹上 /谨上 (jǐnshàng)closing in a note or letter
Danish kærlig hilsen, undertegnet
- kærlig hilsenclosing in a note or letter
- undertegnet(idiomatic) me or I
Dutch ondergetekende
- ondergetekende(idiomatic) me or I
Finnish ystävällisin terveisin, allekirjoittanut
- ystävällisin terveisinclosing in a note or letter
- allekirjoittanut(idiomatic) me or I
French votre humble serviteur, votre serviteur
- votre humble serviteur(idiomatic) me or I
- votre serviteur(idiomatic) me or I
German meine Wenigkeit
- meine Wenigkeit(idiomatic) me or I
Hungarian üdvözlettel, jómagam
- üdvözlettelclosing in a note or letter
- jómagam(idiomatic) me or I
- szerény személyem(idiomatic) me or I
- csekélységem(idiomatic) me or I
Italian cordiali saluti, distinti saluti
- cordiali saluticlosing in a note or letter
- distinti saluticlosing in a note or letter
- me medesimo(idiomatic) me or I
Norwegian Bokmål undertegnede
- undertegnede(idiomatic) me or I
Polish z poważaniem
- z poważaniemclosing in a note or letter
Portuguese atenciosamente
- atenciosamenteclosing in a note or letter
Russian и́скренне ваш, ваш поко́рный слуга́
- и́скренне ваш (ískrenne vaš)closing in a note or letter
- ваш поко́рный слуга́ (vaš pokórnyj slugá)(idiomatic) me or I
Spanish un servidor, una servidora
- un servidor(idiomatic) me or I
- una servidora(idiomatic) me or I
- menda(idiomatic) me or I
Swedish undertecknad
- undertecknad(idiomatic) me or I
Tagalog sumasainyo, sumasaiyo
- sumasainyoclosing in a note or letter
- sumasaiyoclosing in a note or letter
- lubos na sumasainyoclosing in a note or letter
Turkish bendeniz
- bendeniz(idiomatic) me or I
Cite this entry
yours truly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yours%20truly
“yours truly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yours%20truly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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