Really in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "Really"

    • Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.
    • (colloquial, sarcastic, typically exaggerated question.) Indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity
    • (colloquial, chiefly US) Indicating affirmation, agreement.
    • Indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour or statement.
    • (modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.
    • (informal, as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).
    • adverb
      (modal)
      Actually; in fact; in reality.
    • adverb
      (informal, as an intensifier)
      Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).
    • interjection
      Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.
    • interjection
      (colloquial, sarcastic, typically exaggerated question.)
      Indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity
    • interjection
      (colloquial, chiefly US)
      Indicating affirmation, agreement.
    • interjection
      Indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour or statement.
    • actually
    • informally, as an intensifier
    • indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
    • indicating affirmation, agreement
    • indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
    • in the last resort
    • Effectively, truly.
    • really? (in questions)
    • adverb
      in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"
    • adverb
      in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
    • adverb
      in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"
    • adverb
      used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"

    Synonyms of "Really" in English dictionary

    real, truly, actually are the top synonyms of "Really" in the English thesaurus.

    • real · truly · actually · rattling · very · in truth · genuinely · indeed
    • truly · genuinely

      in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us"

    • actually

      in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"

    • in truth · truly

      in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book"

    • very · real · rattling

      used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"

    Grammar and declension of Really

    • really ( comparative more really, superlative most really)
    • really (comparative more really, superlative most really)
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