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re-al⋅ly

  [ree-uh-lahy]
Use really in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -lied, -ly⋅ing.
to ally again or anew.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME realy < MF real(l)ier; see rally 1

re⋅al⋅ly

  [ree-uh-lee, ree-lee]
–adverb
1. in reality; actually: to see things as they really are.
2. genuinely or truly: a really honest man.
3. indeed: Really, this is too much.
–interjection
4. (used to express surprise, exasperation, etc.)
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see real 1 , -ly
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re·al·ly   (rē'ə-lē', rē'lē)   
adv.  
  1. In actual truth or fact: The horseshoe crab isn't really a crab at all.
  2. Truly; genuinely: That was a really enjoyable evening.
  3. Indeed: Really, you shouldn't have done it.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Really

Re"al*ly`\, adv. Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Really

Re"al*ly\, adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.

Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. --Swift.

Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.

Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : really
Spanish: en realidad,
German: wirklich,
Japanese: 本当は
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really 
c.1430, originally in reference to the presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Sense of "actually" is from early 15c. Purely emphatic use dates from 1610; interrogative use (oh, really?) is first recorded 1815.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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