[
UK
/ɹˈiəli/
]
[ US /ˈɹiɫi, ˈɹɪɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɹiɫi, ˈɹɪɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
he played very well
I'm real sorry about it
a really enjoyable evening
she was very gifted
a rattling good yarn -
in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)
in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire
a truly awful book
really, you shouldn't have done it -
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
a genuinely open society
they don't really listen to us
she was now truly American -
in actual fact
no one actually saw the shark
large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt
to be nominally but not actually independent
How To Use really In A Sentence
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music? Times, Sunday Times
- Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining. The Sun
- He called the foiled butt "Really juicy and nearly perfect. Physicist Cracks BBQ Mystery
- Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
- A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
- When I ask if he spends money on anything really extravagant, he looks a bit uncertain. Times, Sunday Times
- I think a lot of players from bigger clubs have spent time on loan at smaller clubs and it has really helped.
- It was a bit too clean and antiseptic to be really considered an evil lair.
- I really felt like both of us were gonna be excited for the other one if we won and that meant a lot.