really
adverb
re·al·ly
ˈrē-(ə-)lē 
1
b
: truly, unquestionably
—used as an intensifier
a really beautiful day
c
: very sense 1
look really close
he runs really fast
2
—used to emphasize an assertion
you really should read Yeats
really, you're being ridiculous
Examples of really in a Sentence
The dog runs really fast.
The water is really hot.
She's a really nice person.
I had a really good time at the party.
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Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
Should OpenAI really launch a social-media website or hardware device, this lineage will become explicit.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
So much of what’s going on could have been avoided had the universities really cared and taken antisemitism seriously.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025
But as the Bullet Time video below shows, 120fps slow-motion video really pushed the capabilities of the 1/1.8-inch sensors.
—PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Really.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/really. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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really
adverb
re·al·ly
ˈrē-(ə-)lē
ˈri(-ə)l-ē
1
: in actual fact : actually
didn't really mean it
2
: without question : truly
a really beautiful day
3
: very entry 2 sense 2
look really close
he runs really fast
4
: to be honest : frankly
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