[
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
- Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music? Times, Sunday Times
- I used to break-dance really badly. Times, Sunday Times
- She is an enigma wrapped in a riddle trapped in a really bad haircut. Times, Sunday Times
- Your Honour, we have not appealed against that, but what we do say is that we have sufficient standing to obtain either of the prerogative writs if ultimately the Court were minded to grant them and we do not really need more than that.
- 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 .
- 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 think the Academy is really hip to how great Gosford Park is, or do they just like it's patina of British upper-crust respectability?