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as in indeed
not merely this but also
he is a kind, truly generous man
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as in actually
to tell the truth
truly, I had no idea you were throwing me a party
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as in definitely
without any question
I very much appreciate your gift—truly, I can't thank you enough!
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as in very
in actual fact
this is truly the nicest thing anyone has done for me
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Recent Examples of truly
The French superstar was in devastating form, converting a delicate lob, a skillful individual run and a thumping left-foot drive to decisively prove that his slow start in Madrid has well and truly come to an end.
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
This feel-good read has sparkling side characters, gritty family dynamics and truly sizzling romance (none of which require you to have any familiarity with the N.F.L.).
—Tia Williams, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
However, both these halves are only truly bound by Diego Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg’s jazz-heavy score, in which familiar sounds shift in tone.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The group is the Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization that believes only those of European descent are truly American.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
This feel-good read has sparkling side characters, gritty family dynamics and truly sizzling romance (none of which require you to have any familiarity with the N.F.L.).
—Tia Williams, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
However, both these halves are only truly bound by Diego Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg’s jazz-heavy score, in which familiar sounds shift in tone.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The group is the Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization that believes only those of European descent are truly American.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truly
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The battle for so many series is, indeed, to take a stock genre, the crime thriller, and imbue it with a sense of originality.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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What leaders like Trump and indeed his counterparts in the U.K., Germany, France and elsewhere should be doing is investing in training.—
Roger Trapp,
Forbes,
17 Feb. 2025
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Because the people who shape sustainability narratives—the media, activists, even filmmakers—rarely engage with the people actually developing technology.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Most of the people sitting at the sushi bar are actually hunched over plates of orange chicken or Panda beef.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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The pitching there is is a little different, the umpires are definitely a little different.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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White wines can definitely be aged due to their structure and make-up and more than that, bring another dimension to the table.—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Next month, the Academy will dutifully hand out Oscars to an array of very deserving, very human winners.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The leaders of China and Russia know launching any missiles, hypersonic or not, at the U.S. would lead to a catastrophic nuclear war that would kill five billion people, very likely including you, me and them—the last group courtesy of the U.S. Navy’s subs.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2025
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However, while this dominance is certainly an asset, it can also be viewed as a liability by some, mainly the U.S. Department of Justice.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
22 Feb. 2025
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The publication of Hitler’s Mein Kampf is banned, as are various forms of hate speech, which the German authorities tend to police with greater vigilance than their European peers—and certainly their American ones.—
Simon Shuster/Berlin,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Address their concerns openly and honestly, highlighting AI as a tool for empowerment, not replacement.—
Puneet Gaur,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The silky set-up was delivered by… honestly, who else would to be? Miami is suitably loaded with international stars eager to play alongside Messi.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Marvel Studios and their parent company Disney are well aware of that fact, and will surely do everything to prevent that from happening.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Any new mandate requiring that many people to comply within 30 days surely would have generated widespread coverage by legitimate media outlets, and the terms of the testing program would have been made public through official government channels.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Those are really very interesting itineraries that are still very popular.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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For most of the season (and really his career), he's been a cone on defense, and the consistent iso high elbow post ups is just not efficient basketball anymore.—
Eric Nehm,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Truly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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