Hypertext Webster Gateway: "truly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Truly \Tru"ly\, adv. [From {True}.]
1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with
fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly
represented.
I can not truly say how I came here. --Shak.
2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate
truly the weight of evidence.
3. Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly
attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their
prince or their country. --Burke.
4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately.
His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. --Shak.
5. In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth.
Beauty is excelled by manly grace And wisdom, which
alone is truly fair. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
truly
adv 1: in accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now
truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they
don't really listen to us" [syn: {genuinely}, {really}]
2: by right; "baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime"
[syn: {rightfully}]
3: with sincerity; without pretense; "she praised him sincerely
for his victory"; "was unfeignedly glad to see his old
teacher"; "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience" [syn:
{sincerely}, {unfeignedly}] [ant: {insincerely}]
4: (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers) "in truth,
moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire";
"really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful
book"; (`forsooth' is archaic and now usually used to
express disbelief) [syn: {in truth}, {really}, {forsooth}]
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