truly
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) Really; in a way that is true, sincere and honest: I am truly sorry. tree →
2) Very, completely: a truly amazing day. tree →
3) "Yours truly" is a way to end a formal letter, and also a jokey way to say "me". tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, "truly" makes a feeling stronger and shows you mean it: "I'm truly sorry" is a sincere apology. In letters, "Yours truly" ends a formal letter (mostly American). In stories, "truly" shows something is real, as in "a truly magical place". In science, we ask whether a claim is truly true by testing it. Phrases: "truly sorry", "truly grateful", "yours truly", "really and truly", "well and truly".
examples
- I am truly sorry I broke your pencil. tree →
- It was a truly beautiful sunset. tree →
- Do you truly believe the moon is made of cheese? tree →
- We were truly grateful for the help. tree →
- The test showed what truly happened. tree →
- Yours truly, Emma Brown. tree →
- The cake was well and truly burnt. tree →
- She was truly happy when her grandma visited. tree →
- “Come,” said the king, “tell me truly. tree →
note
Spelling trap: "truly" has no e — not "truely", even though it comes from "true". It is an adverb, so it describes adjectives and verbs (truly kind, truly believe). "Truly" and "really" mean much the same, but "truly" sounds more serious or old-fashioned.
In the corpora
- A playlist made only from your old habits rarely brings you something truly new.
- Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly, and about one in five of all mammal kinds is a bat.
- Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly, and about one in five kinds of mammal is a bat.
- Bats are the only mammals that truly fly.
- The smell makes Toad truly hungry for the first time.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «truly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.