'Really' definitions:
Definition of 'really'
(from WordNet)
adverb
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, really]
adverb
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, really]
adverb
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, really, truly]
adverb
Definition of 'Really'
From: GCIDE
- Really \Re"al*ly`\ (r[=a]"[aum]l*l[=e]`), adv. Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Really'
From: GCIDE
- Really \Re"al*ly\ (r[=e]"al*l[y^]), adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth. [1913 Webster]
- Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration. [1913 Webster]
- Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'really'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolutely,
- actually,
- all right,
- almighty,
- alright,
- alrighty,
- amen,
- as you say,
- assuredly,
- at bottom,
- authentically,
- awfully,
- aye,
- by all means,
- categorically,
- certainly,
- clearly,
- da,
- de facto,
- decidedly,
- definitely,
- demonstrably,
- doubtlessly,
- easily,
- exactly,
- exceedingly,
- exceptionally,
- extraordinarily,
- extremely,
- factually,
- fine,
- for a certainty,
- for real,
- forsooth,
- genuinely,
- good,
- good enough,
- hear,
- historically,
- honestly,
- in actuality,
- in all conscience,
- in effect,
- in fact,
- in reality,
- in truth,
- in very sooth,
- indeed,
- indeedy,
- indubitably,
- ja,
- just,
- just so,
- legitimately,
- mais oui,
- manifestly,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- most assuredly,
- naturally,
- naturellement,
- nothing else but,
- noticeably,
- observably,
- obviously,
- of a truth,
- of course,
- OK,
- okay,
- only too,
- oui,
- patently,
- positively,
- powerful,
- powerfully,
- precisely,
- pretty,
- quite,
- rather,
- real,
- really-truly,
- remarkably,
- right,
- righto,
- Roger,
- sensibly,
- seriously,
- so,
- sure,
- sure thing,
- surely,
- terribly,
- terrifically,
- to be sure,
- truly,
- unaffectedly,
- unambiguously,
- unassumedly,
- uncommonly,
- undeniably,
- undoubtedly,
- unmistakably,
- unquestionably,
- unusually,
- veridically,
- verily,
- veritably,
- very,
- very well,
- visibly,
- warts and all,
- well and good,
- why yes,
- with truth,
- without doubt,
- yea,
- yeah,
- yep,
- yes,
- yes indeed,
- yes indeedy,
- yes sir,
- yes sirree