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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"I love him and we have a really close relationship. We always see each other and ask, 'What are we going to do together?'"

From BBC

“All of them get it that there’s going to be. It’s really early on—and a year from now, it’s going to be radically different.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“She’s fired up, she’s training really hard, she’s training really confidently and aggressively, and we really felt like this could really be her breakout year.”

From Los Angeles Times

He's trained really well for us behind the scenes.

From BBC

“I really, really felt like this was it,” O’Hara said in an interview Tuesday in his first-floor office at City Hall, a Romanesque building known for its looming clock tower.

From The Wall Street Journal

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