English Explanatory Dictionary

really

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.
  2. Actually; in fact; in reality.
  3. Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).
intj
  1. Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.
  2. A phatic confirmation by a listener, to signal active listening; mostly devoid of literal meaning, with the phatically contrived incredulity being merely formulaic.
  3. Indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity
  4. Indicating affirmation, agreement.
  5. Indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour or statement.
verb
  1. Alternative form of re-ally.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɪə.li/ [ˈɹʷɪə̯lɪ] [-li] [ˈɹʷɪː-] /ˈɹɪ.li/ /ˈɹi.li/ /ˈɹi.əli/ en-us-really.ogg /ˈɹɪə.liː/ [ˈɹʷeə̯ɫiː] [ˈɹʷiə̯-] /ˈrɪjəl.(l)i/ /rɪˈjɜli/ /ˈɹeɪlɪ/

Word forms

really more really most really real-ly reälly reallies reallying reallied

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English really English really From Middle English really, realy, rialliche, equivalent to real + -ly.

Synonyms

in fact indeed truly actually so gosh is that so no kidding no really no way oh dear oh my oh really you don't say wow

Derived words

not really really truly

Translations

Arabic: وَٱللّٰه؟ Arabic: لَيْسَ مَعْقُل! Arabic: حَقًّا Armenian: լո՞ւրջ Bulgarian: нима? Bulgarian: наистина? Chinese Mandarin: 真的？ Czech: opravdu? Czech: skutečně? Danish: virkelig? Dutch: werkelijk? Dutch: echt? Esperanto: ĉu vere? Finnish: ihanko totta French: vraiment French: ah bon German: (ach) ja? German: echt? German: wirklich? German: tatsächlich? Greek: αλήθεια Gujarati: હોવે Hebrew: בֶּאֱמֶת? Hebrew: הֲאֻמְנָם? Hebrew: ואללה? Hiligaynon: abâ Hungarian: igazán? Hungarian: tényleg? Hungarian: komolyan? Icelandic: virkilega? Irish: go fírinneach Italian: davvero? Italian: veramente? Italian: ma dai? Italian: dai? Japanese: 本当？ Japanese: へえ？ Japanese: ほんと？ Japanese: 本真に？ Korean: 그래요? Latin: itane Latin: an Latin: anne Latin: an vero Malay: benarkah Malay: betulkah? Malayalam: ശരിക്കും Māori: āta koia Māori: nē Māori: ata Māori: i neki Mongolian: нээрэн үү? Navajo: tʼáásh aaníí Norwegian Bokmål: virkelig? Norwegian Nynorsk: verkeleg? Persian: جداً؟ Persian: واقعاً؟ Polish: naprawdę? Polish: doprawdy? Polish: czyżby? Portuguese: sério? Romanian: pe bune? Russian: пра́вда? Russian: ра́зве? Russian: серьёзно? Russian: да? Spanish: ¿de verdad? Spanish: ¿de veras? Spanish: en serio Swedish: verkligen? Swedish: jaså? Swedish: säger du det? Tagalog: talaga? Thai: จริงเหรอ Thai: จริงหรา Thai: เอาจริง Thai: จริงจัง? Thai: เอาดีๆ Turkish: öyle mi? Turkish: gerçekten mi? Turkish: harbiden mi? Ukrainian: ді́йсно? Ukrainian: спра́вді?
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