really

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[ UK /ɹˈi‍əli/ ]
[ 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

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How To Use really In A Sentence

Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.
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
A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
The quick touch buttons on the top are not really "touchable," you have to smudge (grind) the button a little to use it. Newegg.com RSS Feed - Daily Deals
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.

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