Adverb: really ree-u-lee
- In accordance with truth, fact or reality
"they don't really listen to us";
- truly, genuinely, veritably
- In actual fact
"to be nominally but not really independent";
- actually
- (used as an intensifier or sentence modifier) in fact
"really, you shouldn't have done it";
- in truth, truly
- Used as an intensifier
"a really enjoyable evening";
- very, real [N. Amer, informal], rattling [informal], thoroughly, cracking [Brit, informal], dirty [Brit, informal], mucho [informal], rotten [informal], massively [informal], jolly [Brit, informal], magnificently, splendidly, awesomely [informal], tremendously [informal]
- Expression of doubtful interest or surprise
- izzit [S.Africa, informal]
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