in reality; in actuality; assuredly: it's really quite harmless truly; genuinely: really beautiful
an exclamation of dismay, disapproval, doubt, surprise, etc - not really? ⇒
an exclamation of surprise or polite doubt
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 re•al•ly /ˈriəli, ˈrili/USA pronunciation
adv.
interj.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
re-al•ly
(rē′ə lī′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., -lied, -ly•ing.
re•al•ly (rē′ə lē, rē′lē),USA pronunciation adv.
interj.
'really' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- actually
- affectation
- ageing
- arboreal
- as
- barrel
- beam
- beat
- belittle
- benefit
- bitch
- blast
- blitz
- boot
- brown
- built
- bum
- burn
- camouflage
- cane
- class
- click
- clutch
- contrast
- cook
- corporeal
- crack
- craw
- different
- dig
- dish
- dog in the manger
- done
- double-edged
- epanalepsis
- ethereal
- evasion
- extracorporeal
- extremely
- fact
- fair
- faith
- feign
- fix
- flash
- flip
- fly
- fracture
- frighten
Collocations: what I really want to [do, try, eat] is, really [like, hate] [ice cream, school], I really shouldn't, more... Forum discussions with the word(s) "really" in the title: " really " at the beginning of a sentence
- I'm really cut about it. -ed followed by a consonant (Is it really possible to hear the d sound?) –oh, no, it’s not really Vietnam, it’s China ...I don't really know what you <what is a relative pronoun> ...should think him unpractical, which he really was not. ...since the money for Gokuyo(,) like your life(,) is really precious. ...students knew how useless all those kicks really are/were ''Really'' as an intensifier of "remind" 'got really busy, so I freaked' vs 'got really busy. I freaked' 'I'd rather not' - where do i put 'really'? 'In reality' and 'actually' [Synomyms for 'really?] 'really knew her stuff' [OR: knows] 'really' as an answer, does it sound like being in doubt? (the) last year was really tough [as it is], I really have no fear [grammar] I have really doubts about... 1st and 3rd cup/cups are really great to buy. A break is <that><what> I really need A cat VS the cat (when the cat doesn't really matter) A lot aren't really friends or a lot aren't real friends? a new treatment that has really been a person really needn´t be condemned by the ex-con branding A pill is a really simple solution that we have created this whole infrastructure to promote. A present really isn’t a present unless it is wrapped in a paper. A reall Diamond or A really Diamond? A really cute guy at (the/a) mall A really epic arrival a really frightening thing to see a really hard work / really a hard work more... Look up "really" at Merriam-Webster Look up "really" at dictionary.com
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