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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪə.li/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹwɪə̯lɪ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [-li]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹwɪː-]
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• US: /ˈɹɪl.i/
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• US: /ˈɹi.li/
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• US: /ˈɹi.ə.li/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɹiə.liː/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɹweə̯ɫiː]
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɹwiə̯-]
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• homophone: rarely
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• India: /ˈrɪ.jə.liː/
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• India: /rɪˈjɜː.liː/ emphasised
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• obsolete: /ˈɹeɪlɪ/
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• rhymes with -iːli
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IY1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English really English really From Middle English really, realy, rialliche, equivalent to real + -ly.

From re- + ally.

307 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَقًّا (ḥaqqan) — actually
• Arabic: بجد (bigad) — actually
• Arabic: من جد (min jidd) — actually
• Arabic: من صدق (min ṣidig) — actually
• Arabic: بالصح (be-ṣ-ṣaḥḥ) — actually
• Arabic: عن جد (an jadd) — actually
• Arabic: عن جد (an jadd) — actually
• Armenian: իսկապես (iskapes) — actually
• Armenian: իրոք (irokʻ) — actually
• Azerbaijani: doğrudan — actually
• Azerbaijani: həqiqətən — actually
• Bulgarian: наистина (naistina) — actually
• Burmese: တကယ် (ta.kai) — actually
• Catalan: realment — actually
• Catalan: de debò — actually
• Chinese Cantonese: 真係 /真系 (zan1 hai6) — actually
• Chinese Mandarin: 真的 (zhēnde) — actually
• Czech: skutečně — actually
• Danish: virkelig — actually
• Dutch: werkelijk — actually
• Dutch: echt — actually
• Esperanto: efektive — actually
• Esperanto: vere — actually
• Estonian: tõesti — actually
• Estonian: tõepoolest — actually
• Finnish: todella — actually
• Finnish: oikeasti — actually
• French: vraiment — actually
• German: wirklich — actually
• Greek: πράγματι (prágmati) — actually
• Greek: όντως (óntos) — actually
• Greek: αληθινά (alithiná) — actually
• Greek: πραγματικά (pragmatiká) — actually
• Ancient Greek: ὄντως (óntōs) — actually
• Ancient Greek: τῷ ὄντι (tōî ónti) — actually
• Ancient Greek: ἀληθῶς (alēthôs) — actually
• Hebrew: בֶּאֱמֶת (beemét) — actually
• Hindi: सचमुच (sacmuc) — actually
• Hungarian: valóban — actually
• Hungarian: tényleg — actually
• Hungarian: igazán — actually
• Hungarian: csakugyan — actually
• Icelandic: sannarlega — actually
• Icelandic: virkilega — actually
• Icelandic: raunar — actually
• Icelandic: raunverulega — actually
• Igbo: ezị okwu — actually
• Ingrian: toest — actually
• Irish: dáiríre — actually
• Italian: veramente — actually
• Italian: davvero — actually
• Japanese: 本当に (hontō ni) — actually
• Khmer: តាមពិត (taam pɨt) — actually
• Khmer: តាមការពិត (taamkaapɨt) — actually
• Khmer: មែនឬ? (mênrœ?) — actually
• Khmer: មែនឬទេ? (mênrœté?) — actually
• Khmer: មែនទេ? (mɛɛn tei?) — actually
• Korean: 정말로 (jeongmallo) — actually
• Korean: 진짜 (jinjja) — actually
• Korean: 진짜로 (jinjjaro) — actually
• Korean: 참 (cham) — actually
• Latin: vero — actually
• Latin: vere — actually
• Latvian: patiesi — actually
• Latvian: patiešām — actually
• Latvian: patiesībā — actually
• Latvian: īstenībā — actually
• Latvian: faktiski — actually
• Lithuanian: tikrai — actually
• Livonian: tuodlist — actually
• Livonian: tuodstiz — actually
• Livonian: tuodpūolst — actually
• Macedonian: навистина (navistina) — actually
• Malay: memang — actually
• Malayalam: ശരിക്കും (śarikkuṁ) — actually
• Eastern Mari: але (aĺe) — actually
• Mwani: kweli — actually
• Navajo: doo kááʼgóó — actually
• Neapolitan: ô vero — actually
• Neapolitan: veramente — actually
• Norwegian Bokmål: virkelig — actually
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verkeleg — actually
• Nǀuu: -xa — actually
• Nǀuu: kxʼam — actually
• Old English: sōþe — actually
• Old English: sōþes — actually
• Persian: واقعاً (vâqe'an) — actually
• Polish: naprawdę — actually
• Polish: zaiste — actually
• Polish: zaprawdę — actually
• Portuguese: na verdade — actually
• Portuguese: realmente — actually
• Portuguese: mesmo — actually
• Romanian: pe bune — actually
• Russian: действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno) — actually
• Serbo-Croatian: stvarno — actually
• Serbo-Croatian: uistinu — actually
• Serbo-Croatian: doista — actually
• Serbo-Croatian: zbilja — actually
• Spanish: realmente — actually
• Swahili: kweli — actually
• Swedish: egentligen — actually
• Swedish: verkligen — actually
• Swedish: sannerligen — actually
• Tày: ca rại — actually
• Telugu: నిజంగా (nijaṅgā) — actually
• Turkish: aslında — actually
• Turkish: gerçekten — actually
• Ukrainian: ді́йсно (díjsno) — actually
• Urdu: واقعی (waqaī) — actually
• Vietnamese: thật sự — actually
• Welsh: yn wir — actually
• Yiddish: ווירקלעך (virklekh) — actually
• Zazaki: heqeta — actually
• Armenian: իսկապես (iskapes) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Armenian: իրոք (irokʻ) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Azerbaijani: həqiqətən — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Azerbaijani: doğrudan — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Bulgarian: наистина (naistina) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Cherokee: ᏙᎯᏳ (dohiyu) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Chickasaw: kani̠hka̠ — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Chinese Mandarin: 真 (zhēn) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Czech: skutečně — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Dutch: werkelijk — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Esperanto: tre — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Finnish: tosi — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Finnish: todella — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Finnish: oikeasti — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• French: vraiment — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• German: wirklich — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Greek: πραγματικά (pragmatiká) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Greek: αληθινά (alithiná) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Hungarian: igazán — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Hungarian: annyira — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Icelandic: virkilega — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Ido: tre — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Italian: davvero — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Italian: veramente — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Japanese: まじ (maji) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Khmer: ពិតជា (pɨt ciə) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Khmer: ណាស់ (nah) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Lithuanian: labai — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Malayalam: ശരിക്കും (śarikkuṁ) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Neapolitan: ô vero — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Norwegian: veldig — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Persian: واقعاً (vâqe'an) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Pohnpeian: ahpw — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Polish: naprawdę — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Portuguese: realmente — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Portuguese: mesmo — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Russian: пра́вда (právda) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Serbo-Croatian: baš — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Serbo-Croatian: fakat — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Spanish: realmente — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Swedish: verkligen — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Telugu: చాలా (cālā) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Thai: จริงๆ (jing-jing) — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Turkish: cidden — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Turkish: harbiden — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Turkish: gerçekten — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Vietnamese: rất — informally, as an intensifier; very, very much
• Arabic: وَٱللّٰه؟ (wal-lāh?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Arabic: لَيْسَ مَعْقُل! (laysa maʕqul!) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Arabic: حَقًّا (ḥaqqan) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Armenian: լո՞ւրջ (lurǰ) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Bulgarian: нима? (nima) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Bulgarian: наистина? (naistina) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Chinese Mandarin: 真的? (zhēnde?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Czech: opravdu? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Czech: skutečně? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Danish: virkelig? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Dutch: werkelijk? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Dutch: echt? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Esperanto: ĉu vere? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Finnish: ihanko totta — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• French: vraiment — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• French: ah bon — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• German: (ach) ja? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• German: echt? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• German: wirklich? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• German: tatsächlich? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Greek: αλήθεια (alítheia) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Gujarati: હોવે (hove) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Hebrew: בֶּאֱמֶת? (be'emét?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Hebrew: הֲאֻמְנָם? (ha'umnám?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Hebrew: ואללה? (wálla?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Hiligaynon: abâ — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Hungarian: igazán? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Hungarian: tényleg? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Hungarian: komolyan? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Icelandic: virkilega? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Irish: go fírinneach — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Italian: davvero? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Italian: veramente? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Italian: ma dai? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Italian: dai? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Japanese: 本当? (hontō?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Japanese: へえ? (hē?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Japanese: ほんと? (honto?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Japanese: 本真に? (honma ni?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Korean: 그래요? (geuraeyo?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Latin: itane — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Latin: an — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Latin: anne — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Latin: an vero — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Malay: benarkah — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Malay: betulkah? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Malayalam: ശരിക്കും (śarikkuṁ) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Māori: āta koia — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Māori: nē — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Māori: ata — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Māori: i neki — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Mongolian: нээрэн үү? (neeren üü?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Navajo: tʼáásh aaníí — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Norwegian Bokmål: virkelig? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verkeleg? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Persian: جداً؟ (jeddan?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Persian: واقعاً؟ (vâqe'an?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Polish: naprawdę? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Polish: doprawdy? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Polish: czyżby? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Portuguese: sério? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Romanian: pe bune? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Russian: пра́вда? (právda?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Russian: ра́зве? (rázve?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Russian: серьёзно? (serʹjózno?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Russian: да? (da?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Spanish: ¿de verdad? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Spanish: ¿de veras? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Spanish: en serio — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Swedish: verkligen? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Swedish: jaså? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Swedish: säger du det? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Tagalog: talaga? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Thai: จริงเหรอ — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Thai: จริงหรา — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Thai: เอาจริง (ao-jing) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Thai: จริงจัง? (jing-jang?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Thai: เอาดีๆ — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Turkish: öyle mi? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Turkish: gerçekten mi? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Turkish: harbiden mi? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Ukrainian: ді́йсно? (díjsno?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Ukrainian: спра́вді? (správdi?) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Uzbek: rostdanmi — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Vietnamese: thật sao? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Vietnamese: vậy à? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Vietnamese: thế à? — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Yiddish: אַזוי (azoy) — indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information
• Bulgarian: така ли (taka li) — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Finnish: ihanko totta — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Finnish: todellako — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• German: ach nee — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• German: ach was — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• German: sag bloß — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• German: was du nicht sagst — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• German: was Sie nicht sagen — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Gujarati: હોવે (hove) — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Hungarian: nem mondod?! — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Hungarian: ne mondd! — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Hungarian: nem mondja?! — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Hungarian: ne mondja! — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Persian: واقعاً — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Persian: نه پس — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Russian: да ла́дно (da ládno) — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Thai: จริงดิ — sarcastic, typically exaggerated question
• Bulgarian: наистина (naistina) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Bulgarian: в действителност (v dejstvitelnost) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Chinese Mandarin: 確實 /确实 (quèshí) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Finnish: totta — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Finnish: todellakin — indicating affirmation, agreement
• German: echt — indicating affirmation, agreement
• German: wirklich — indicating affirmation, agreement
• German: absolut — indicating affirmation, agreement
• German: auf jeden Fall — indicating affirmation, agreement
• German: stimmt — indicating affirmation, agreement
• German: in der Tat — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Greek: όντως (óntos) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Greek: πράγματι (prágmati) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Greek: πραγματικά (pragmatiká) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Hiligaynon: abâ — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Hungarian: tényleg — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Hungarian: igaz — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Hungarian: az ám — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Italian: veramente! — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Italian: davvero! — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Polish: właśnie — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Polish: naprawdę — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Russian: действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Russian: да (da) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Russian: в са́мом де́ле (v sámom déle) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Swedish: verkligen — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Thai: เออจริง — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Turkish: cidden — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Turkish: gerçekten de — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Turkish: gerçekten — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Turkish: harbiden — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Ukrainian: ді́йсно (díjsno) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Ukrainian: спра́вді (správdi) — indicating affirmation, agreement
• Finnish: oikeasti — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
• German: also wirklich! — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
• Hiligaynon: abâ — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
• Persian: واقعاً که! (vâqe'an ke!) — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
• Polish: doprawdy — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
• Russian: в са́мом де́ле (v sámom déle) — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
• Russian: на са́мом де́ле (na sámom déle) — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour
• Ukrainian: наспра́вді (nasprávdi) — indicating displeasure at another person's behaviour