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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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“When we have all those eggs in one basket, you are one really warm event from losing that cohort of fish.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Arsenal have done a really great job with all their collections.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

For those who really love popping the little buggers, you can say a word of thanks to the lucky inventors on Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day on the last Monday of January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

‘People are slapping the FDE title on sales engineering without really understanding how Palantir did FDE or why it worked so well.’

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

And although the strange wolf was smiling, the cub could tell it didn’t really mean it.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.