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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But it was the free passes that really hurt him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

"Whether one chooses to divine the fact that we're in a recession or not really does miss the point," said Jeremy Kronick, president of the CD Howe Institute, a non-partisan economic think tank.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

“As long as you’re somebody’s favorite artist, the touring market is really good,” said Nathan Hubbard, chief executive of music management firm Firebird Music Holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

"We have done really well considering how small our country is," he told BBC Sport Africa before the 2021 Afcon, when the Blue Sharks reached the last 16.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

“That doesn’t really tell us much,” she says, deflated.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

really

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