truly

Definition

  • adverb: in an honest manner
  • adverb: without feigning, falsity, or inaccuracy in truth or fact
  • used to make a statement more definite or forceful
  • synonyms: exactly, justly, precisely

Examples

  • A country is not 'truly' democratic until all of its citizens can vote freely.

  • Is this poll 'truly' representative of the voters' intentions?

  • “Who is in charge here?” “'Yours truly'.” [=I am]

Movie quotes

  • (..) so that you can watch them clambering over each other to stay in the sun. You can watch me torture an entire city. And then, when you have truly understood the depth of your failure... we will fulfill Ra's Al Ghul's destiny. We will destroy Gotham. And then, when it is done... and Gotham is... (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises