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truely

truely is the archaic spelling of truly.

Meaning of truly

Adverb

truly (comparative trulier or more truly, superlative truliest or most truly)

  1. 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.
  3. (degree) Very.
    • You are truly silly.
    Synonyms:
    extremely

Forms of truely

comparativetruelier
comparativemore truely
superlativetrueliest
superlativemost truely

Questions about truely

What is truely the archaic spelling of?
Truely is the archaic spelling of truly.

Words near truely in the dictionary

  1. truelier
  2. trueliest
  3. truelove
  4. trueloves
  5. truels
  6. truely
  7. Trueman
  8. Truemans
  9. trueness
  10. truepennies
  11. truepenny

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Adapted from Wiktionary: truely (page history and authors); truly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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