trulytru‧ly /ˈtruːli/ ●●○ W3 adverb 
His work is truly original. Fawcett was a truly remarkable man. a truly great work of medieval literature2sincerely: I am truly sorry. She truly believed he was innocent. I can truly say I’ve never enjoyed myself so much.3in an exact or correct way: Is it a truly representative sample?4well and truly especially spoken completely: We were well and truly beaten. The party was well and truly over.5really and truly British English spoken used to emphasize that something is definitely or completely true: I couldn’t believe we were really and truly going at last.6yours truly a)used at the end of a letter, before the signature b)informal used humorously to mean yourself: So, yours truly was left to clean up.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- For the first time in her life she felt truly happy.
- Getting accepted into Yale is truly an accomplishment.
- I'm truly sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.
- I truly am impressed with your work.
- I truly believe he is innocent.
- If we truly believe we can win, then we have a very good chance at doing it.
- It was a truly embarrassing moment.
- No adult twins are truly identical.
- She seems truly sorry for what she did.
- By then Diana was truly at the end of her tether.
- Pacino cuts them together for a truly original version of Shakespeare that could only be realized on film.
- Similarly, mimicry of the expressions, stance and actions of a truly violent encounter can represent an intention or threat.
- The choice is endless, from the quaintly historic to the truly exotic.
- The Curators, with no other concerns in the matter, were truly speaking in the best interests of the children.
- There is always something of the arbitrary, because all that can truly stand for a thing is the thing itself.
- To this day I believe it truly was less disillusionment and more an embrace of sober realism that moved me to change.
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone really feels something
when you really feel something, really want something etc, and you are not just pretending to feel it: · Do you think she's really sorry?· Do you really want to come with us? It'll be very boring for you.· I don't think she really believes she can win.
use this to describe feelings, attitudes and beliefs that someone really feels and is not just pretending to feel: · She was clearly in real pain.· He didn't show any real regret for the suffering he had caused.· Real commitment is needed from everyone on the team if we're going to make this project work.
if you are sincere , or have sincere feelings, you really feel or believe something and are not just pretending: · It is my sincere belief that if we work together we can achieve peace in this country.sincere in: · They seemed to be sincere in their concern for the children's welfare.sincere thanks/apologies formal: · I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those who helped us.
genuine feelings are real and not pretended - use this especially when you are surprised that someone has these feelings: · I'm not sure if her sympathy was really genuine.· For the first time on the trip, I saw genuine fear in his eyes.· This is the first genuine attempt to reach a peaceful settlement to the dispute.
very real and strongly felt: · Christine breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief.· She expressed her heartfelt thanks to all those who had helped and supported her.· Please accept our heartfelt sympathy on your sad loss.· The family made a heartfelt plea to the kidnappers to release their son.
if you say or mean something from the heart , you really mean it and feel it very strongly: · He stood up and spoke simply but from the heart.from the bottom of somebody's heart: · I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.straight from the heart: · I'm speaking straight from the heart when I say that I believe Marguerite deserves to be chairman.
if you truly believe, want, or feel something, you believe, want, or feel it very strongly and are not just pretending: · I truly believe he is innocent.· She seems truly sorry for what she did.· I truly am impressed with your work.
a feeling that is true is real and strongly felt, not just pretended: · At last he had found true happiness.· As far as Gabby was concerned this was true love.
ways of saying that something is really true spoken · Is your cousin really a movie star?· It's all so long ago now, it's difficult to believe that any of it really happened.· "She's leaving her husband, you know." "Really?"
spoken say this to emphasize that someone should believe what you are saying: · I was going to give you it back, honestly.· I honestly don't think we'll be in court all day tomorrow.· Honestly, it makes no difference to me where we have the wedding.
use this to emphasize that you are sincere about what you are saying and really mean it: truly sorry/happy/surprised etc: · I'm truly sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.· For the first time in her life she felt truly happy.truly believe/think etc: · If we truly believe we can win, then we have a very good chance at doing it.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Fawcett was a truly remarkable man. a truly great work of medieval literature I can truly say I’ve never enjoyed myself so much.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES What makes a novel truly great?
Fawcett was a truly remarkable man. a truly great work of medieval literature I can truly say I’ve never enjoyed myself so much. (=really or extremely exceptional)· The film features a truly exceptional cast, including Oscar winner Denzel Washington.
What makes a novel truly great?· a purely random sequence of numbers
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· A truly democratic government would have realised the populace was against the tax and abandoned it immediately.· But many still feel that the prisoners must be released first for a truly democratic process to take place on the island.· To be truly democratic, the subordinate must be willing to participate.· In a truly democratic state the bureaucracy would be transcended.
· Many companies will be truly global, with workers on every continent, picked specifically for the task in hand.· Bartlett and Ghoshal argue that Stage 4 companies are not truly global.· Here, as elsewhere, it lacks a truly global policy.· No company can call itself truly global if it neglects such potential customers.· There are 18 countries represented in the league, which became truly global after the fall of the Iron Curtain.· As a result regional trading blocs are emerging as natural stepping-stones in an evolutionary process toward a truly global economy.
· One of the world's few truly great beers was about to be brewed for the first time.· Here was a victory of truly great moment.· This was a present from some one I would class as a truly great sportsman and a truly great man.· Wholly deserved by this truly great hotel!· His station was an imitation of the Louvre, backed by the first truly great single-span train-shed built in the United States.· These themes and features, so well sewn together are what make Great Expectations a truly great book.· Again Gavin Hastings gave what was a truly great performance by any standards.
· Nevertheless, they modified the forest by nomadic behaviour and shifting cultivation, if they became truly independent.· In fact, they had no truly independent traditions at all.· There is exhilaration to be had from his fresh vistas, vigorous assertions as they are of a truly independent mind.· In short, while most judiciaries exercise some discretion in adjudication, the existence of a truly independent judiciary is a rarity.· Even the truly independent are dependent on social and economic conditions, which are unfavourable to them.· Indeed, no country is truly independent if its economy is such as to consign it at once to the Third World.· Either way, there can be no doubt that when you deal with a solicitor you will receive truly independent professional advice.· After the main Sparrow Force surrendered, the role of the Company was truly independent.
· For a book to have truly international appeal, it must have, well, truly international appeal!· For the first time, the mighty strength of the United States was to be employed in a truly international conflict.
· She was in truly remarkable condition.· The clearly defined black spots and red bands of courage that set the rainbow apart from other trout are truly remarkable.· The next few years were to establish Rodrigo as one of the truly remarkable soldiers of his time.· The ignorance about mortgage bonds at the top of the firm was truly remarkable.· Its contents are priceless and its memories are of truly remarkable people.· A truly remarkable achievement and one that demonstrates the enthusiasm with which Johnson Matthey has responded to the challenge.· A truly remarkable family connection of over 70 years.· The camouflage devices employed are truly remarkable.
· Like chemist and physicist we hope one day to be able to find out whether our icons are truly representative of reality.· It is with this approach that we make the Group's work truly representative.· Mr Denham replied that an independent appointments commission should ensure that forums were truly representative of the communities they service.· From that particular point of view, of course, no case is truly representative.· If this was truly representative of tomorrow's task then the event would be fiercely contested.· Capsules have to be buried as near as possible, but there is no guarantee that the measurement will be truly representative.· The result is an absence of diversity - a key requirement for a truly representative press and one suited for political democracy.· But the question remains, how confident can we be that a formula score is truly representative of the overall difficulty level?
· Simon is truly wonderful, I think.· It must be truly wonderful to walk through life guarded by such a shield.· John is the manager of a truly wonderful shop in Middlesbrough, Wilderness Ways.· She must be a truly wonderful girl.· But I do think that what he's doing is something truly wonderful - and quite different.· Those few brief months after their marriage had been a truly wonderful period of emotional bliss and happiness.· We could continue with this: the intricacies and refinements are truly wonderful.· Temperature holds back some truly wonderful cars.
VERB· Nevertheless, they modified the forest by nomadic behaviour and shifting cultivation, if they became truly independent.· However, people only truly become friends when the interaction is continued outside that setting.· As they grow older, they become truly independent, relying wholly on their own beliefs and ideas.· Using state of the art passive backplane technology, Graphite Micro Series systems become truly modular.· Operations become truly logical during the concrete operational stage.· Design then becomes truly social; and the social becomes a matter of what is designed and formed socially.· Finally, as the supervisor becomes a true resource manager, the team becomes truly self-managed.
· The vibrancers had truly believed what they'd been taught and had never questioned anything.· When Woosnam instructs himself to pull off a particular shot, he truly believes he can make the shot happen.· We do truly believe that Hess wants to go to Britain.· I truly believe he is a literary giant.· Did Mr Djindjic truly believe that Mr Karadzic deserved his support, or was the gesture utterly cynical?· I truly believe that there was a unification there, a representation of the wholeness.· Yet Diana truly believed he was in love with her because of the devoted way he behaved in her presence.· I truly believe that you influenced me for the good, Polly.
· Only on top of a horse can Piggott truly feel on top of the world.· You are such a writer, wanting to capture how sad you truly felt.· It was after tonight that she would feel truly married.· That lack of coaching and support is making it even harder for achievement-oriented women to feel truly engaged with their organizations.· She truly felt she had sinned and failed.· And yet feeling truly settled was still a novelty.· In the peaceful rural surroundings of Thorsbury, Tamar felt truly at home.· How does my partner truly feel about the baby?
· Those who truly love you will want to know the true you in any event.· There are people who truly love sales.· She truly loved the game, and she was good at it.· Jessica still eats Jell-O, for instance, and relishes its goofiness even as she truly loves the way it tastes.· The truth was, he had a complete lack of the equipment demanded for truly loving.· I think you take for granted how much you truly love the sport.· That she truly loved me was not to be doubted.
· He could truly reflect that he had done not only the best, but the only thing possible.· With older children, the issues are more complex and may truly reflect differences in male and female attitudes.· Unfortunately, it was the last Chilton collection to truly reflect his talent.
· Quite the reverse, these become the trusted friends that truly understand and can be of real help in time of trouble.· To truly understand the plight of the Jets, consider this slice of trivia.· It did not exorcise demons, for those who truly understand the game of basketball realize that no real demons existed.
· If we truly want democracy, we need this sort of input.· I also said that I truly wanted the team to stay together.· Now is the time to stop this end-gaining mentality and realize what we truly want in our lives.· Some force deep within truly wants to believe aliens cured that Montana farmer of his pesky hernia problem.· The first thing to do is to ask yourself what you truly want.· Lennox has always truly wanted to fight for the world title and was happy taking the tough route.· If he truly wanted land reform he could have achieved it non-violently during his long 20-year rule.· If they really truly wanted you then they'd have stayed in that boring old cottage you keep going on about.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- After two weeks, the kids were well and truly converted.
- But I had been caught, well and truly, and had paid the price, time and time again.
- From February, the challenge will have well and truly begun, especially if your birthday falls between August 13 and 23.
- It looked as if she was well and truly trapped.
- Mind you any food in our stomach was going to get well and truly shaken up.
- One word from him and doors that Washington depended on being open would be well and truly slammed.
- The padded fabric varieties are well and truly childproof - and look very attractive.
- We were all well and truly bitten.
- A trade that really and truly helped both teams.
- She was really and truly home.
- That she'd been really and truly in love and couldn't go on.
- What he would really and truly like was to do this new degree course for Bachelor of Civil Law.
- Who really and truly and honestly gives a shit?
- Members of the judging panel included yours truly.
- And that puts everyone at risk - not just yours truly.
- And yours truly is in the drivin' seat.
- Either way the consequences were terminal for yours truly.
- Everyone knew something yours truly didn't.
- Group comportment had deteriorated by the day, with yours truly bearing the brunt of the collective delinquency.
- Imagine that - passing up the opportunity for a little hanky-panky with yours truly.
- In we filed, yours truly with some hesitation.
- The irony of the scenario was well appreciated by yours truly.
- I really truly love you.
- A trade that really and truly helped both teams.
- She was really and truly home.
- That she'd been really and truly in love and couldn't go on.
- What he would really and truly like was to do this new degree course for Bachelor of Civil Law.
- Who really and truly and honestly gives a shit?
- A comparatively leisurely schedule of Yours Truly still entailed travelling to twenty-one cities in thirty-five weeks.
- All high tech and computers and whatnot. Yours truly won't be moving to the new premises.
- It is very important so I hope you will come. Yours truly, Hilda Passmore.
- Of course it's Yours Truly that's got to dust the whole kit and caboodle!
- The man of your dreams has come. Yours truly is handsome, ear-nose-throat specialist, well settled in Connecticut.
- There are an awful lot of Luddites out there with computer dyslexia, including Yours Truly.
- A comparatively leisurely schedule of Yours Truly still entailed travelling to twenty-one cities in thirty-five weeks.
- All high tech and computers and whatnot. Yours truly won't be moving to the new premises.
- It is very important so I hope you will come. Yours truly, Hilda Passmore.
- Of course it's Yours Truly that's got to dust the whole kit and caboodle!
- The man of your dreams has come. Yours truly is handsome, ear-nose-throat specialist, well settled in Connecticut.
- There are an awful lot of Luddites out there with computer dyslexia, including Yours Truly.
WORD FAMILYadverbtrulytruthfully ≠ untruthfullytruenountruth ≠ untruthtruthfulnessadjectivetrue ≠ untruetruthful ≠ untruthful
1[+adjective/adverb] used to emphasize that the way you are describing something is really true SYN really: His work is truly original. Fawcett was a truly remarkable man. a truly great work of medieval literature2sincerely: I am truly sorry. She truly believed he was innocent. I can truly say I’ve never enjoyed myself so much.3in an exact or correct way: Is it a truly representative sample?4well and truly especially spoken completely: We were well and truly beaten. The party was well and truly over.5really and truly British English spoken used to emphasize that something is definitely or completely true: I couldn’t believe we were really and truly going at last.6yours truly a)used at the end of a letter, before the signature b)informal used humorously to mean yourself: So, yours truly was left to clean up.