1
: in all sincerity : sincerely
—often used with yours as a complimentary close
2
: in agreement with fact : truthfully
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4
: with exactness of construction or operation
5
: in a proper or suitable manner
Examples of truly in a Sentence
These truly dark clusters, if they are real, would betray the universe's dirty secret: Big piles of mass don't necessarily come with lights attached.
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Robert Irion, Science, 20 June 2003
By the time Columbus arrived, truly large empires existed only in Mexico.
—Tim Flannery, New York Review of Books, 12 June 2003
The streets and sidewalks of Bedley Run truly seemed as much mine as any person's, their almost affirming solidity underfoot, bouncing me along on my diurnal way.
—Chang-rae Lee, A Gesture Life, 1999
I truly believe they can do it.
He truly enjoyed the concert.
This is truly a different situation.
A country is not truly democratic until all of its citizens can vote freely.
Is this poll truly representative of the voters' intentions?
Robert Irion, Science, 20 June 2003
By the time Columbus arrived, truly large empires existed only in Mexico.
—Tim Flannery, New York Review of Books, 12 June 2003
The streets and sidewalks of Bedley Run truly seemed as much mine as any person's, their almost affirming solidity underfoot, bouncing me along on my diurnal way.
—Chang-rae Lee, A Gesture Life, 1999
I truly believe they can do it.
He truly enjoyed the concert.
This is truly a different situation.
A country is not truly democratic until all of its citizens can vote freely.
Is this poll truly representative of the voters' intentions?
Recent Examples on the Web
Fantasy football draft season is truly here as the start of the 2025 NFL campaign is just three weeks away.
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This is the flip side of the misguided assumption that all women want children and will be deprived without them: that men can’t truly be deprived of parenthood.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
But the board just doesn’t seem to be able to bring itself to criticize the ones truly responsible for initiating the current mess!
—Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
For decades, international pressure for trade liberalization in the Arab world has done little to truly open up economies.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This is the flip side of the misguided assumption that all women want children and will be deprived without them: that men can’t truly be deprived of parenthood.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
But the board just doesn’t seem to be able to bring itself to criticize the ones truly responsible for initiating the current mess!
—Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
For decades, international pressure for trade liberalization in the Arab world has done little to truly open up economies.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Truly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truly. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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truly
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tru·ly
ˈtrü-lē 
: in a true manner
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