re·al·ly /ˈri(ə)li, ˈrɪ-/
Re·al·ly adv. Royally. [Obs.]
Re·al·ly adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. --Swift.
Note: ☞ Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.
Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young.
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]