English

really

/ˈɹɪə.li/
In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.

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    Origin

    From Middle English really, realy, rialliche, equivalent to real + -ly.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishreally
      • partMiddle Englishreal
        • borrowedOld Frenchreel
          • derivedLate Latinreālis
          • derivedLatinreālis “real”
      • partMiddle English-ly
        • inheritedOld English-līċe
          • inheritedProto-West Germanic*-līkē
        • inheritedOld English-līċ
          • inheritedProto-West Germanic*-līk
    • surface analysisEnglishreal “True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.”
    • surface analysisEnglish-ly “Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a …”

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