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as in indeed
not merely this but also
he is a kind, truly generous man
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as in actually
to tell the truth
truly, I had no idea you were throwing me a party
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as in definitely
without any question
I very much appreciate your gift—truly, I can't thank you enough!
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as in very
in actual fact
this is truly the nicest thing anyone has done for me
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Recent Examples of truly
There truly are people who want to identify them and post their names online, just as there are people who will share locations of ICE movements to stymie the agents.
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
While the cars are moving in two dimensions to the fighter jets’ three, Kosinski makes the races feel truly physical—not just on the turns and straights, but in the frenetic pit stops and in the viewing suites stuffed with sheikhs and tech ghouls.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
When accountability for the customer is unclear and everyone in the C-suite is responsible for growth, often no one truly is.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 June 2025
McCallany and Bello stand as pillars in this story, anchoring it and allowing some truly colorful figures to emerge and recede from the narrative.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 June 2025
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David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
While the cars are moving in two dimensions to the fighter jets’ three, Kosinski makes the races feel truly physical—not just on the turns and straights, but in the frenetic pit stops and in the viewing suites stuffed with sheikhs and tech ghouls.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
When accountability for the customer is unclear and everyone in the C-suite is responsible for growth, often no one truly is.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 June 2025
McCallany and Bello stand as pillars in this story, anchoring it and allowing some truly colorful figures to emerge and recede from the narrative.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truly
Adverb
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After that episode, though, Mary has indeed peered more deeply into herself and dug up darker stuff.—
Jane Alison
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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Maple’s work indeed marks a significant point in the evolution of independent U.S. cinema culture.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
Adverb
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Failures that are particularly funny or noteworthy might receive some attention, but the majority of content is designed to talk about how the user is learning, growing or succeeding in some way—even if that isn’t actually happening.—
Drew Gerber,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Juventus have announced a new contract with kit manufacturer Adidas — which, contrary to general trends in elite football, is actually worth less in real terms than their last one.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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With today being the first official day of summer, things are definitely heating up.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
20 June 2025
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The Green Party candidate may have been responsible for Clinton losing in 2016 - and Ralph Nader was definitely responsible for Gore losing in 2000 (Nader won about 90K votes in Florida, most of which would have gone to Gore who lost state by fewer than 600 votes).—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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Love Island has had this very successful Hotel Hideaway game.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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Fans will get a chance to see Psycho Clown in a WWE environment very soon.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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There is no overlap between the play and Aira’s life; certainly there’s no anger against the dying of the light in Aira.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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Oscar Bobb generally gets far more assists than goals, too, but with those five players, as well as Rayan Cherki, City certainly have enough numbers for the wide roles, even if goals are not yet assured.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Adverb
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Sometimes just a few graceful words, honestly expressed, can both reveal and haunt.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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One challenge honestly is staying on my content game.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Adverb
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If Newsom’s podcast supplied the most humiliating audio of the new Trump era, the most humiliating image was surely a photo of Whitmer physically hiding in the Oval Office as Trump signed orders to investigate a pair of first-term officials who went on to criticize him.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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At Bonwit, Edna surely works for Gene Moore, the window artist who came to work for Bonwit in 1945.—
John Birdsall
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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The legacy of slavery was an undertone — overtone, really — to Our Native Daughters’ lone album, so this first set naturally contained an unfair share of the most emotionally rife numbers of the night.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 June 2025
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So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time In retrospect, Soda never really sounded like Soda, as the trio’s restless identity kept morphing from album to album since the release of its new wave inflected 1984 debut.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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“Truly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truly. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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