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Definition of Really
1. Adverb. In accordance with truth or fact or reality. "They don't really listen to us"
2. Adverb. In actual fact. "Large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt"
3. Adverb. In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers). "A truly awful book"
4. Adverb. Used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal. "A rattling good yarn"
Definition of Really
1. v. t. To bring together again; to compose or form anew.
2. adv. Royally.
3. adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
Definition of Really
1. Adverb. (context: modal) Actually; in fact; in reality. ¹
2. Adverb. (informal as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb). ¹
3. Interjection. Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism. ¹
4. Interjection. (context: colloquial sarcastic, typically exaggerated question.) Indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity ¹
5. Interjection. (context: colloquial chiefly US) Indicating affirmation, agreement. ¹
6. Interjection. Indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour or statement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Really
1. actually [adv] - See also: actually
Lexicographical Neighbors of Really
Literary usage of Really
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"IF Emma had still, at intervals, an anxious feeling for Harriet, a momentary
doubt of its being possible for her to be really cured of her attachment to Mr ..."
2. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
""There really is nothing to care for much," said poor Rosamond, inwardly, thinking
of the family at ..."
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