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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

really
    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: truly, genuinely,
           really]
    2: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
       independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
       meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn:
       actually, really]
    3: 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, truly]
    4: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for
       `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he
       played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real
       sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very,
       really, real, rattling]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\ (-l[imac]"), v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v.
   t.]
   To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Really \Re"al*ly`\ (r[=a]"[aum]l*l[=e]`), adv.
   Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Really \Re"al*ly\ (r[=e]"al*l[y^]), adv.
   In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
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         Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.
                                                  --Swift.
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   Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight
         corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.
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               Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young.
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

REALLY, adv.  Apparently.

Thesaurus Results for Really:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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