dictionary definitions for "really"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  really
      adv 1: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now
             truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they
             don't really listen to us" [syn: truly, genuinely]
             
      2: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
         independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
         meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn:
         actually]
      3: 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" [syn: in truth, truly]
      4: 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" [syn: very, real, rattling]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\ (-l[imac]"), v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v.
     t.]
     To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Really \Re"al*ly`\ (r[=a]"[aum]l*l[=e]`), adv.
     Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Really \Re"al*ly\ (r[=e]"al*l[y^]), adv.
     In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
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           Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.
                                                    --Swift.
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     Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight
           corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.
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                 Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young.
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