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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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: in fact (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" [syn: {in truth}, {really}]
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