truly

Questions about truly

What does truly mean?

truly means "in accordance with truth or fact or reality". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in truly?

truly has 2 syllables: tru-ly. The stress falls on "tru". In IPA it is /ˈtɹuli/.

What is another word for truly?

Close synonyms include genuinely, really, rightfully, sincerely, unfeignedly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is truly a common word?

truly is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.