tru ‧ ly W3 /ˈtruːli/ BrE AmE adverb
[ Word Family: adverb : ↑ truly , ↑ truthfully ≠ ↑ untruthfully , ↑ true ; noun : ↑ truth ≠ ↑ untruth , ↑ truthfulness ; adjective : ↑ true ≠ ↑ untrue , ↑ truthful ≠ ↑ untruthful ]
1 . [+ adjective/adverb] used to emphasize that the way you are describing something is really true SYN really :
His work is truly original.
Fawcett was a truly remarkable man.
a truly great work of medieval literature
2 . sincerely:
I am truly sorry.
She truly believed he was innocent.
I can truly say I’ve never enjoyed myself so much.
3 . in an exact or correct way:
Is it a truly representative sample?
4 . well and truly especially spoken completely:
We were well and truly beaten.
The party was well and truly over.
5 . really and truly British English spoken used to emphasize that something is definitely or completely true:
I couldn’t believe we were really and truly going at last.
6 . yours truly
a) used at the end of a letter, before the signature
b) informal used humorously to mean yourself:
So, yours truly was left to clean up.