truly

Etymology

From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German treulich, Swedish trolig, Icelandic trygglega.

adv

  1. (manner) In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.
    He adds, very truly, that what was fatal to such philosophies as his was not Christianity but the Copernican theory. 1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter I, in History of Western Philosophy, page 27
  2. (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
    That is truly all I know.
    Truly, that is all I know.
  3. (degree) Very.
    You are truly silly.

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