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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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“At least in the short-term, these samples really do represent our best opportunity to answer that question about life,” says Wadhwa, who now heads the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Baroness Grey-Thompson said she was "not against the principle", adding: "But if we're going to do this, we have to have safeguards and I really don't think there are anywhere near enough safeguards in it."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“It’s going to be really all of the above.”

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

And I was really nervous about explaining it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

It was astonishing, really, the quality of life she was able to lead in that crippled body, and watching her during the three years of her paralysis, I made another discovery about love.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom